Hydro-powered pump picks up European innovation award
THE EU climate innovation initiative Climate-KIC has judged Dutch start-up aQysta to be Europe’s most innovative clean-tech venture. A jury of entrepreneurs, financiers and...
Hydropower milestone as Shetland tidal array delivers first power to the grid
The first power has been exported to the grid from the Shetland Tidal Array project, developed by Nova Innovation, it was announced on 9...
Penstock flow control in world’s first ‘electric town’ uses variable speed actuation
The small Scottish town of Kinlochleven has an extraordinary claim to fame as the first place in the world in which every home was...
Nominations open for the Scottish Green Energy Awards
Billed as the UK’s biggest celebration of renewable energy, The Scottish Green Energy Awards 2023, opened for nominations on 26 July.
This year’s event will...
Aberdeen researchers win funds to establish marine energy centre in SE Asia
Researchers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen have won £165,760 in funding from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Prosperity Fund to support...
Lake district spa installs hydropower turbine
Drawing on the natural water supply from a fellside beck, English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues has installed a water-fed turbine at its flagship site on Windermere, Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa.
Shortlist for Scottish Green Energy Awards sees tidal, hydro, heat and more vie for...
Finalists announced on 5 October in 11 categories
Gravity, indigenous crofters and in-turbine toilets are all key parts of projects which have been shortlisted for...
Innovation in a time of uncertainty
THIS year’s British Hydropower Association conference (10-11 November, Glasgow) takes place against a backdrop of considerable uncertainty for the sector following the government's publication...
UK to host global wave and tidal energy event for first time
THE UK – home to more wave and tidal energy devices than the rest of the world combined – is to host the International...
The swansong of African hydropower?
Hydropower, traditionally one of Africa’s most important sources of electricity, will rapidly fade in importance and cede its position to solar power. The attractiveness...
New pumped-storage hydro plant to be opened at Loch Ness
Community ownership to form part of Red John proposals at Loch Ness
Plans for a new 400MW pumped hydro scheme east of Loch Ness are...
Making a splash: Group prepares to launch novel wave energy system
A group at Newcastle University is preparing to install a prototype Wave Energy Converter (WEC) in the North Sea.
MU-EDRIVE features amongst eight projects funded...
Energy storage reform needed to meet net-zero, says report
Price floor should fill gap in ‘fragmented’ market
Report funded by Scottish Renewables, the British Hydropower Association, Buccleuch, CCSQ, Drax Group, Intelligent Land...
Actuators enable reliable and economical automation at hydroelectric facility
Rotork says its CK Range modular electric valve actuators have provided a reliable and economical automated flow control solution for a hydroelectric generating station...
Opinion: Better alternatives to hydropower now exist
By Dr Peter Harrop of market intelligence firm IDTechEx
Hydropower takes years to install and it can drown vegetation creating years of methane, a potent...
£3 million investment in green hydro energy generation at East Lothian reservoir
Scottish Water has broken ground on a project involving what it describes as a new type of hydro energy generation scheme at Whiteadder Reservoir,...
Grid-connected project makes waves for tidal power in Wales
WALES’ first full-scale tidal energy generator was unveiled on 7 August at Pembroke Port by The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones.
The DeltaStream device...
Future of pumped storage hydro analysed in new report
20 benefits of technology highlighted – along with challenges and solutions
A new report outlining the investment case for pumped storage hydro has set out...
World’s most powerful tidal turbine launches in Dundee
What looks set to be the world's most powerful operational tidal turbine was launched on Earth Day, Thursday 22 April, from the port of...
£4.6 million tidal blade testing facility opens in Fife
A rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades has opened in Rosyth, Fife, described as the world's first. Researchers say it can speed up...
