Twelve Ullapool High School pupils have been awarded the Highlands and Islands Young Engineers Club of the Year Award by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) for their renewable energy project.
28 September 2007

Ministers have given the go ahead for the biggest wave energy project in the world, capable of generating electricity for around 2,000 homes. The project, owned by ScottishPower and operated from the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, will consist of four 750 Kilowatt Pelamis wave energy converters.

The new testing facility for tidal energy at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney is being officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond today, (Friday, September 28).

The centre is the first of its kind in the world set up to provide developers of wave and tidal energy devices with a purpose-built performance testing facility. Based in Stromness and Eday, Orkney, it has an international role to play in the advancement of tidal and wave energy technologies.

Producers of renewable energy in Scotland's islands and north mainland almost certainly face the highest charges in Europe to connect to a national electricity grid, according to a new report.

The study, 'European practices with grid connection, reinforcement, constraint and charging of renewable energy projects', was commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and carried out by consultants Xero Energy.

With the environment the hot topic of the moment, school pupils across the Highlands and Islands are discovering more about renewable energy sources for themselves with a series of workshops being rolled out across the region.
10 September 2007