Working together to deliver a low carbon future for Scotland
Controversial geoengineering projects that may be used to cool the planet must be approved by world governments to reduce the danger of catastrophic accidents, British scientists said. Met Office researchers have called for global oversight of the radical schemes after studies showed they could have huge and unintended impacts on some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Scotland generated 7% more renewable electricity in 2012 than it did the previous year, data has shown. The Department of Energy and Climate Change report said 14,600 Gigawatt hours were generated in Scotland from renewables such as wind and hydro. The Whitehall department said this represented more than a third of the UK’s total renewables output in 2012.
The UK’s emissions of climate-warming gases surged in 2012 as cheap coal replaced gas in power stations, official data revealed on Thursday. However, 2012 was a record year for renewable energy in Scotland, which produced enough electricity to power all of its homes. Fergus Ewing, the Scottish energy minister, said his government was now on track to meet its target of generating the equivalent of 50% of Scotland’s own electricity needs by 2015 and 100% by 2020.
DECC publishes the Government’s Heat Strategy and provides an update on the Renewable Heat Incentive One year on from the launch of the UK’s first ever heat strategy, the Government has today set out the next steps to ensure affordable, secure, low carbon heating plays an important role in the nation’s energy mix, now and in the years to come. The scale of the challenge is huge, with over 80 per cent of heating used …
City of Edinburgh Council is inviting local companies who want to improve the fuel efficiency of their vehicles to take advantage of a free advice and assessment service it is offering. The council was the first Scottish Local Authority to set up an ECOSTARS scheme.
