Renewable energy
How geopolitics swung decision to refuse £1.5 billion Chinese Wind Farm plan
Author / Creator: Jeremy Grant
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
The Scottish government rejected a £1.5 billion wind farm project by Chinese company Ming Yang
due to national security concerns. The decision was influenced by geopolitical tensions between the
UK and China, particularly regarding Chinese involvement in critical infrastructure. This marks a
significant shift in how foreign investment proposals are evaluated, with security considerations now
weighing heavily against economic benefits. The rejection demonstrates how international relations
First Electric Flight Trials in Scotland
Author / Creator: Craig Williams
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
Loganair and the Royal Mail have set up a series of trial flights by all-electric aircraft in Scotland.
The flights cover major airports across Scotland as well as island destinations.
The aircraft used is from America, an Alia Ctol plane made by Beta.
BETA's ALIA CTOL is an all-electric conventional takeoff and landing aircraft designed for regional cargo and passenger operations. It requires no new airport infrastructure, operates from existing runways, and recharges in approximately 20-40 minutes using BETA's fast-charging system.
Financing the UK Energy Transition
Author / Creator: Mairi Spowage
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2025
Accelerating the UK’s transition to a low-carbon energy system will require substantial investment
The renewable economy opportunity in Scotland
Author / Creator: Mairi Spowage
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2025
Reality Check Since 2022: Costs, Pace and What’s Next – How rising input costs and programme pace shape near-term priorities and delivery
The Role of Solar Energy in Glasgow’s Decarbonisation Strategy
Author / Creator: Milja Keskinen
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2025
Renewable electricity generation has been a major driver of Scotland’s decarbonisation success.
Scotland’s clean energy revolution must be community-centred
Author / Creator: Community Land Scotland
Date published: 2025
The rural communities of Scotland are shouldering the weight of renewable energy developments and are often seeing failing public transport and other services, closing schools, the grim reality of the housing crisis and some of the highest energy costs.
Manifesto recommendations from Scottish Community Coalition on Energy
Author / Creator: Scottish Community Coalition on Energy
Media type: Manifesto
Date published: 2024
We must enable and support increased community ownership and shared ownership of new and existing electricity and heat infrastructure, and fair distribution of the wealth that is being generated and consolidated through renewables
Scotland’s fuel poverty: could a social energy tariff help?
Author / Creator: Charlie McCarthy
Date published: 2025
With more Scottish households facing fuel poverty in a resource rich country, something needs to change
A strategy to utilise Scotland’s wind wealth
Author / Creator: Dave Pearson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Private wire systems – direct pathways from energy generation to consumption
Loadshifting – can we make better use of Scottish green electricity?
Author / Creator: Charlie McCarthy
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The basic idea is to install a household battery to every household connected to the National Grid.
Why Scotland's energy future shouldn't be about nuclear
Author / Creator: Amory Lovins
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2025
Each year, nuclear adds as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days
COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM NET ZERO ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS CONSULTATION
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2025
The Scottish Government may not grasp the vital importance of enabling communities to have a meaningful voice or benefit relating to net zero energy developments in their locality.
Zonal pricing - arguing over the scraps
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
The author argues that zonal pricing would not cause the significant harm to the Scottish economy which the opponents of zonal pricing say it would.
Record renewable energy output
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Article
Date published:
Green sector delivered more electricity than Scotland used for first time.
North Sea 2. The future of Energy from the North Sea
Author / Creator: Nick Butler
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
The low carbon development of the North Sea is not a new idea.
Re-Booting The National Energy Company for Scotland With Geothermal Energy
Author / Creator: Douglas Chapman
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2023
Scotland more than ever needs accelerated action on the energy and the climate crisis, and yet geothermal energy, a significant and proven source of renewable energy, remains untapped
Carbon-free, Poverty-free
Author / Creator: Keith Baker Dr Ron Mould Dr Craig Dalzell Jonathon Shafi
Media type: Report
Date published: 2019
Fuel poverty is not only worse in rural Scotland than in urban Scotland, it also has different characteristics
Scotland’s energy future – Damaged by five UK government failures
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
"Is the UK government preventing Scotland from reaching its renewables potential? The answer is yes!"
It's all about renewables
Author / Creator: Bill Magee
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
"Central to how we're perceived overseas is...all all about renewables"
How will local communities get a fair share of record investment from offshore wind farms?
Author / Creator: Alison Murray
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Scotland outstrips the world for wind FDI investment in 2022. However, community-owned wind farms generate much more benefit than commercially operated schemes.