Scotland’s Orkney Islands have unveiled an initiative that aims to use a network of technologies, including renewables, batteries, and electric vehicles, to become a group of “smart energy islands.” ...

Kerry McCarthy MP, Minister for Climate and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, visited Orkney on Wednesday 14 August to see the clean energy innovation taking ...

Scotland’s Orkney Islands – the world’s “poster child for sustainable development” – are edging closer to their 100% renewable energy goals. What’s making this possible is a disruptive business model: ...

The remote Scottish islands of Orkney are the latest testing ground in the battle to solve the perennial problem of renewable energy storage. Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) has ...

Government investment vehicle confirms fresh funding for major wind projects in Orkney and Norfolk, as well as support for ...

Aquamarine Power recently announced the first step towards the installation of its second Oyster wave energy generator with the arrival of the ‘Excalibur’ jack-up barge in the Orkney Islands. The ...

Orkney continues to be at the center of the United Kingdom’s renewable energy plans, with the Scottish archipelago unveiling the ReFLEX (Responsive Flexibility) Orkney project earlier this week.

A paperwork issue is preventing hundreds of workers from moving into temporary accommodation in Orkney. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is building a new sub-station near Finstown - ...

Steven Coutts is currently CEO of COPE Ltd, which provides volunteer and employability skills development opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. Prior to this, he served ...

23 September 2003 – American Superconductor Corporation , an electricity solutions company, today announced that its D-VAR (Dynamic Volt-Ampere-Reactive) transmission grid reliability system would ...

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Britain's energy markets regulator Ofgem has approved a subsea electricity transmission link from mainland Scotland to the Orkney Isles, Scottish and Southern Electricity ...

Work has started in Scotland to build what is described as the world's most powerful floating tidal turbine. Companies based in Orkney, Dundee, Cupar and Motherwell are involved in the construction of ...