2016 has been a successful year for the UK’s new car market thanks to a boom in the popularity of electric vehicles. The Society of Motor Manufacturers...
The average ‘climate change impact’ of generating a unit of electricity in Scotland has fallen by almost two-fifths (38%) between 2010 and 2014 (the most recent available figures)...
We like renewable energy because – fundamentally – it will help to reduce CO2 emissions and combat climate change; now recognised as an existential threat to...
As ever, the renewable energy industry has had another year of highs and lows. Feed-in Tariff levels across a number of technologies have been cut, causing...
These are extraordinary times for renewable energy. Records are broken, commitments are made and setbacks occur almost on a weekly basis. It would be too easy...
When looking to the future of renewable energy production in the UK, as a bank and as an investor, we believe that energy storage is poised...
Global energy markets are undergoing fundamental and rapid change towards a greater reliance on renewable energy. Growth in wind and solar markets is driven by government...
In a world of flat or slow growth there are few industry sectors undergoing more exciting growth and technology innovation than power networks. We are moving...
A fundamental change is underway in the way in which energy is generated and managed, both in the UK and on a global basis. We are...
The past year has been the most challenging the renewables industry have faced. At the REA we have grown with the industry. Set up in 2001,...
The level of Scotland’s electricity provided by renewables, including wind, solar and hydro, is at an all-time high, according to figures released this morning. Renewables produced enough power...
Lang Banks, director of WWF Scotland, has responded to the news today (Thursday 22 December) that 59% of Scotland’s electricity needs are now met by renewables...
Rochdale-based Granada Material Handling Limited (Granada) has become the latest UK firm to sign a contract with DONG Energy for the world’s biggest windfarm, Hornsea Project...
Ice cream manufacturer Mackie’s of Scotland’s solar farm, on the family farm near Westertown, Aberdeenshire, is celebrating its first full year of green energy production. Responding,...
The only competitor in the Vendee Globe race to compete without using fossil fuel has been sponsored by Foresight Group LLP (“Foresight”), one of the leading independent...