Renewable Energy

A turbine on the Burradale wind farm near Lerwick in the Shetland Islands (Picture: William Edwards)

Why Scotland's sky-high energy bills should be among Europe's lowest Greg Jackson

Oil and gas workers in the North East and Aberdeen are poised for an ‘unjust transition’. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

North Sea oil and gas workers braced for 'harmful' impact

Energy Minister Michael Shanks with Cerulean Winds' alliance partners on a tour of the Port of Ardersier near Inverness hearing about the Aspen floating windfarm which will create over 1,000 jobs.

Labour minister: £11bn wind boom shows Grangemouth lessons learned

Lisa Nandy, now UK Culture Secretary, viewed models of wind turbines at the Orsted Visitor Centre in Grimsby in 2022 (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Scrapping of wind farm is warning about over-reliance on renewables Brian Wilson

Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the Future of Energy Security Summit, hosted by the International Energy Agency and UK Government in London (Picture: Justin Tallis)

Net-zero firms are growing nine times faster than the rest Chris Skidmore

Surfers harness wave power in their own way at Coldingham Bay (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

UK is wave energy world leader, but Labour risks blowing £260bn chance Ian Crossland

Barry Mill in Angus, rebuilt in the 19th century, produced flour for nearly 800 years until it closed in 1982. It has now reopened thanks to a £2.4 million donation from a mystery benefactor

Why Ancient Romans and 12th-century Scots can teach us about energy Scotsman comment

Skilled workers are being brought to Scotland only because companies can't find enough of the people they need here (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Why SNP's fantasy economics won't help the poor Brian Wilson

Artist impression of single wave energy cluster. Credit Blackfish Engineering

Ad Feature Scotland’s move to net zero boosted by wave energy revolution

Hopes are rising that a long-term future for the Grangemouth industrial hub can be drawn up (Picture: Lisa Ferguson/National World)

Analysis Saving Grangemouth needs cash and political will to become a reality

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband during a meeting of the National Wealth Fund Taskforce in 11 Downing Street. PIC: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Ed Miliband reveals deadline for Scotland's carbon capture approval

Solar panels on the roof of a property

Exclusive Solar panels on newbuilds 'wasting the sun', Scottish firm warns

An oil rig is towed by tugboats off the coast of Hartlepool on its way to be decommissioned (Picture: Scott Heppell)

Why this may be wrong time to push North Sea oil industry off a cliff Christine Jardine

There is a drive to reskill North Sea oil and gas workers to undertake renewables work.

Labour's North Sea plan to create new energy jobs despite oil decline

The River Deveron runs through The Cabrach – a sparsely populated area in Moray, on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park

Highlands must speak out to avoid 'Wild West' that wrecks countryside Jonathan Christie

Highlands and Islands Green Energy Conference 2024

Conference returns to explore Scotland’s green energy ambitions

Concerns have been raised over ‘monster pylons’ across the Scottish countryside as renewables are scaled up

SNP warned over 'monster pylons' across countryside

Increasing the amount of wind energy should result in lower bills (Picture: William Edwards)

If wind energy is six times cheaper than gas, then 'show me the money' Scotsman comment

The Scottish Government's attitude towards new wind farms shows resistance to its net-zero agenda is futile (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

How SNP is overruling local decisions to push through windfarm schemes John McLellan

The UK needs to ensure it has ultimate control over its energy supplies, not China's President Xi Jinping (Picture: Wang Zhao)

UK must not give China the power to switch off our windfarms Christine Jardine

People protest against the Rosebank offshore development off Shetland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Labour should extract concessions from Big Oil if new fields go ahead Scotsman comment

The Port of Grangemouth plays a key role in the Forth Green Freeeport project

Exclusive Workers rights row over Scotland's freeports amid 'tax haven' fears

An oil rig from the Brent field is towed into the River Tees as it head to be dismantled (Picture: Ian Forsyth)

Just transition? It’s getting as brutal as 1980s mining shutdown Louise Gilmour

First Minister John Swinney

Swinney 'trapped in 1970s' amid jobs fears over nuclear opposition

Wind power is an important part of Scotland's renewables project (Picture: Andy Buchanan / AFP)

Exclusive Renewables warning over energy price plan that would cut Scots' bills

Ben Aketil in Skye from just above the A850. A public inquiry is due to begin in June after Highland Council objected to a plan to replace existing windfarm with nine new turbines that are 200 metres tall - twice the height of current model.

Exclusive Scottish island 'sacrificed' to wind farms with 130 turbines planned

North Sea oil and gas workers must see a genuinely just transition to a net-zero economy (Picture: Andy Buchanan/WPA pool)

North Sea union leaders' 'No Ban Without a Plan' campaign is working Brian Wilson

Gas still plays a crucial role in the UK's energy supply, but times are changing (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

UK energy security will not always depend on gas, but it does just now Scotsman comment

Electric cars charge on a street on Norway's capital Oslo (Picture: Jonathan Nackstrand)

Norway's stunning progress on electric cars puts UK to shame Ian Johnston

Donald Trump has condemned Labour’s stance over the North Sea oil and gas industry. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Trump in call to 'open up' North Sea amid latest attack on renewables

The steady progress of climate change poses a threat but also acts as a guide to the future of the economy (Picture: Brook Mitchell)

How climate change is rapidly changing Scotland's economic fortunes Scotsman comment

The Berwick Bank wind farm will have up to 307 turbines standing around 355m tall at their highest point -- the height has been raised to give greater clearance between blade tips and sea level to help avoid collisions with seabirds as they hunt for food, while a ban on sandeel fishing is also being proposed as part of the development to boost food supplies for the likes of puffins and kittiwakes

Exclusive SNP 'holding back Scotland's renewables boom' as delays revealed

Forth Ports has announced a £50 million investment in its Leith Renewables Hub, which is part of the Forth Green Freeport (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Green freeports will bring in billions of pounds in new investment Kate Forbes

The Harland & Wolff fabrication yards at Methil in Fife, above, and Arnish on the Western Isles have been saved (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

The saving of Arnish and Methil yards is Labour government in action Brian Wilson

People need energy on still days when the wind does not blow, so where is it going to come from? (Picture: Peter Byrne)

Scotland's energy depends on gas – and we forget that at our peril Brian Wilson

Renewable energy schemes are good for the drive to net-zero carbon emissions, but also energy security and the economy (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

How 20-year standoff with MoD is preventing £9bn renewable energy boom Sarah McIntosh

Elon Musk and Scotland: Opportunities for Collaboration in Innovation and Technology

Elon Musk and Scotland: Opportunities for Collaboration in Innovation and Techno...

The Scottish Government “reluctantly” used up to £460 million of money raised via the ScotWind scheme – where parts of the Scottish seabed are leased out for offshore wind farms

Exclusive Shona Robison told to halt ScotWind funds 'scandal' after Budget boost

AI monitoring renewable energy grids

Scottish Legal Review: Identifying areas of growth and prosperity

Calum Raine, Managing Associate, Womble Bond Dickinson

Scottish Legal Review Briefing: Womble Bond Dickinson

The Labour government wants to see investment in pump-storage hydro scheme, like the Cruachan power station, and other forms of energy-storage on a scale not seen for decades (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Pump-storage hydro could pay £660 a year to every family in Highlands Roderick MacLeod

Scotland's post-war boom in hydro-electric schemes fizzled out in the 1960s and 1970s (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

How green energy revolution is about to create thousands of good jobs

Billions of pounds in investment in renewable energy and associated infrastructure is starting to flow into the UK, encouraged by the ‘clear policy direction’ f...

Brian Wilson

The majority of North Sea oil and gas companies will not invest in renewables before 2030 Picture: Danny Lawson/PA

Majority of North Sea oil firms have no clean energy plans by 2030

Anger as 'immense' battery storage planned near Highlands village

There's money to be made in harnessing the power of Scotland's sometimes wild weather (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

£400m investment shows net-zero drive can create jobs – Kate Forbes Kate Forbes

The 160 community projects given £2 million from windfarm profits

Finance Secretary Shona Robison (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Analysis Desperate times means SNP now squandering Scotland's energy wealth

Researchers collecting samples from the seabed off the coast of Cumbria, one of the UK's oldest active offshore wind farms. Photo : University of Essex/PA Wire

How scientists are exploring impact of offshore wind farms on seabed

There is a vast amount of energy to be harnessed in the UK's windiest places, like Shetland (Picture: William Edwards)

£1bn paid to windfarms to stop generating electricity is perverse Alistair Carmichael

The Methil Harland & Wolff site in Fife

Exclusive How 600 jobs would be lost under Harland & Wolff collapse

Offshore wind energy could create a significant marine engineering industry in Scotland (Picture: Ben Birchall/PA)

Despite £68bn boost, there are worrying signs for renewable revolution Scotsman comment

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best bulbs to use to cut electricity bills: energy efficient lighting

A record-breaking year: Gary Fredson, CEO of ESE Group

Renewable energy firm ESE Group open second office in the Edinburgh

Munich-headquartered BayWa now has three bases across the UK. Picture: Contributed

German renewables group BayWa launches Edinburgh office

Going green likely to put businesses in the black

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

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