Tag: Scotland - Page 3
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Europe's Largest Onshore Wind Farm Given Permission to Expand to 452 MW
Some double good wind power news from Scotland: Not only has Europe's currently largest onshore wind farm, the £300 million, 322 MW Whitelee Wind Farm been officially switched on—even though it first began
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6.4 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind Farms Slated for Scotland
A couple months back it was announced that the UK's Crown Estate would be helping out with financing pre-construction costs for offshore wind farms . Now comes word that The Crown Estate—which owns development rights in UK
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1 Gigawatt of Marine Power to be Developed by Aquamarine Power in UK & Ireland
Just two weeks ago Aquamarine Power Ltd was touting its new Oyster wave power unit. Now the Edinburgh-based firm has announced that it has signed an agreement with Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and
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UK Oysters Could Be Tapped to Generate Electricity
Of all the ways of generating power from renewable sources, using the ocean has got to have more variations than any other power source. One new method being investigated by Queen’s University Belfast and Aquamarine Power Limited has been dubbed the
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UK Grocery Chain Sainsbury's to Start Turning Wasted Food Into Electricity
TreeHugger has covered the problem with wasted food a number of times. Now the UK’s third largest supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is planning to do something useful with a portion of that wasted food: Turning it into electricity.
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Scotland Crafts Own World-Beating Climate Bill
If you liked Obama's proposed climate agenda, then you'll love Scotland's. Not only would it require an 80 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions below 1990 levels by mid-century, it would also require equivalent reductions
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Farmed Scottish Seaweed Should Be Be Turned Into Biogas: UK's Crown Estate
A few weeks ago it was announced that an association of Italian biodiesel producers was investigating the potential of seaweed as a non-food crop feedstock for biofuel.
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Thinking of Generating Your Own Renewable Power? Get a "MicroPower Audit"
Image: MicroPower website Interactive energy audit websites which allow you to reduce home energy costs (such as the free one offered by the U.S. Department) are now commonplace, but today Friends of the Earth Scotland launched what they call a "unique
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Noooo Edinburgh, Don't Lift Ban on Changing Windows in Historic Structures
John recently wrote that "Rising fuel costs and environmental concerns have forced councillors to consider lifting a ban on double glazed windows in Edinburgh's most
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Edinburgh Scotland To Lift Ban On Energy Efficient Windows In Historic Buildings
It's bad enough that people are casting a fluorescent pall with their CFLs. Historic building owners in Scotland may soon be able to install double-glazed windows. What is this world coming to, anyway? [joking] Climate change awareness and high
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Eloise Grey: Traditionally Elegant Organic Tweed
In the run up to London Fashion Week next month we are delighted by the display of talented young British Designers showing sustainable collections. Last week we were introduced to textile print designer Tamasyn Gambell and her gorgeous silk scarves.
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Johnnie Walker Goes Green on More Than the Label: Diageo Plans Bioenergy Plant at Scottish Distillery
Unless you're in the liquor business you may not have heard of Diageo, but you're probably familiar with some of their brands: Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Tanqueray. Now, outside of happy hour, there's another reason to pay
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Large Scale Fuel Theft Hits Scotland
Fuel Thieves - Reincarnated From 1981 Oil Crisis Large scale fuel theft is a nasty problem that hits the poor and elderly hard. Happened before so we should not be surprised. Won't be but a few months...certainly by winter...that it'll surface in North
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Has The Donald Been Trumped on the Links?
It's been an ongoing saga of Donald Trump versus the environmental Scot's, with a heavy dose of high level politicking thrown in. Here's the story: Donald Trump, New York billionaire property developer,
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Scotland Launches World's Biggest Prize for Marine Renewable Energy
Move over, Richard Branson: Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, has just announced the Saltire Prize, a £10m (or $20m) award aimed at jump-starting research in marine renewable energy. Entries will need to
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The Fife Diet: Will the Wee Bairns Still Ask For McDonalds?
271 km² is just a little over 100 square miles. It is also the area of Scotland's third largest local authority, Fife. Which makes it a prime candidate for a Scottish version of the now famous 100 Mile Diet from Vancouver.
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A Perfect Cocktail: Biofuel and Booze?
What could be better than distilling biofuel? How about biofuel made from booze? Leave it to the Scots to dream up this one. Researchers from the University of Abertay Dundee say it is possible to run your car on the by-products of the brewing and
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TreeHugger Radio: Britain Misses the Mark, Reviving the Highlands, and The Blackening of Google
After Britain made exciting commitments to renewable energy, leaked information now reveals that the country can’t even come close to meeting its goal of 20% renewables by 2020. We speak to Richard Hawkins of ZeroCarbonBritain about how the mark was
