In the second part of his energy review Philip Johnstone explores the areas of energy policy Scotland needs control of. The starting gun for the race for the General Election has fired. The only thing predictable about this election is… Read More ›
Renewable Energy
It’s Scotland’s Waves
According to a study by the Crown Estate Energy and Infrastructure Portfolio Scotland has the potential to generate 35040 GWh of power from wave power to put that into some perspective Scotland consumes 38000 GWh of electricity annually …
From the Province of the Cat #19: Waiting for the wave to come
by George Gunn Last week aftershocks from two earthquakes in the Irish Sea were felt for several days. The Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) said they were probably caused by stresses built up by the weight of glaciers during the… Read More ›
From The Province Of The Cat 9: The Big Fields Of War
by George Gunn When the two MSP’s decided to leave the secure pastures of the SNP because their party will not commit a future independent Scotland to be outside of NATO they began a journey the rest of the Scottish… Read More ›
FROM THE PROVINCE OF THE CAT 3: ‘Nothing Will Come From Nothing’ by George Gunn
by George Gunn Wednesday April 25th was a very windy day in Caithness. A fierce North Easterly gale blew down from Norway and blasted the blossoms off what pass for trees in this flat, mainly treeless land. It felt, in… Read More ›
Scottish Power
By Mark Ruskell One of the biggest independence battlegrounds will be over energy and the ‘divided we fall’ arguments of the Unionists will be writ large. Labour MP and Shadow Energy Minister Tom Greatrex fired early shots in Holyrood Magazine recently, claiming… Read More ›
SCOTTISH COMMUNITY GROUPS MAKE ST ANDREW’S DAY APPEAL FOR SUPPORT
Two Scottish community renewable energy projects have teamed up to
make a St. Andrew’s Day appeal for support. The two projects – one
from Edinburgh and the other from Strathpeffer in the Highlands – have
chosen Scotland’s national day to appeal for online votes to help them
win funding from the Energyshare fund.
Beyond the Stupid Economy
The real issue is not the relationship between sovereignty and prosperity but between prosperity and growth. Ireland’s real ‘crime’ was not to be independent, or to be part of Europe, it was to be obsessed with growth.
The Power of Scotland
Last year a report The Power of Scotland Renewed (you can read it here) showed the amazing potential Scotland has for conversion to renewable energy. The Power of Scotland Renewed report, based on research by independent energy analysts Garrad Hassan,… Read More ›
Marine Renewables – Riding the Crest of the Wave
The recent announcement of a massive boost for green jobs sees the first tangible sign of the much vaunted ‘Green New Deal’ in Scotland while the recent tidal energy announcements, represent the delayed inheritance of Stephen Salter’s lifes work and… Read More ›
