Scotland

Wind

Fuel poor Scottish homes to benefit from 9.6MW community wind project

Innovative financing deal will see surplus revenues from 9.6MW Pogbie onshore wind farm support fuel poor homes in East Lothian and other local causes

clock 13 March 2018 • 2 min read

Wind

SmartestEnergy inks PPA agreement to kickstart construction on 10MW wind farm

Whirlwind Renewables breaks ground on Scottish onshore wind project following power purchase deal with SmartestEnergy

clock 06 March 2018 • 1 min read

Policy

Scotland eyes 'ambitious but realistic' decarbonisation in climate change plan

Scottish government publishes strategy to cut emissions by 66 per cent between 2018 and 2032

clock 01 March 2018 • 3 min read

Carbon Accounting

Rain stops play: How climate change is already disrupting UK sport

Extreme weather, coastal erosion, and changing climate is taking its toll on iconic British sports

clock 07 February 2018 • 5 min read

Buildings

Springfield Properties promises EV charging as standard for new homes

Scottish developer pledges that all new homes will come fitted with electric charging points

clock 30 January 2018 • 1 min read

Legislation

Roseanna Cunningham: Scotland will battle Brexit pressures to keep leading on climate action

Cabinet secretary for environment, climate change, and land reform tells BusinessGreen why Holyrood fears Scotland's climate efforts could be 'held back' by Brexit

clock 24 January 2018 • 7 min read

Recycling

Scottish government issues challenge to Michael Gove: 'Let's work together to fast-track plastic waste crackdown'

Inspired by popularity of hashtag #naystrawatall, Scottish government is investigating whether it can impose a national ban on plastic straws

clock 23 January 2018 • 4 min read

Policy

Scottish government launches £60m low carbon infrastructure fund

Funding earmarked for green heating, clean energy, and low emission vehicle infrastructure projects

clock 22 January 2018 • 2 min read

Wind

Statoil and Masdar step up 'Batwind' offshore wind storage collaboration

Firms to analyse Hywind floating offshore wind plus battery storage project in Scotland and explore potential for wider use of the technology

clock 17 January 2018 • 3 min read

Waste

Scotland moves to ban plastic cotton buds

In a day of good news for marine life, Scottish government promises to become the first country in the UK to phase out plastic-stemmed cotton buds

clock 11 January 2018 • 3 min read
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