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The UK’s overall renewable generation capacity grew by 7.7% to 53.5GW during 2022, Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) said.

An agreement signed by the Scottish government aims to halve the planning time for onshore wind developments to 12 months in the country.

East Dunbartonshire Council has announced it will introduce a tariff for all council-owned electric vehicle chargepoints.

By 2030, only half of the predicted £200 billion offshore sector investment will be committed to projects, trade association Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has said.

The University of Aberdeen is developing a green hydrogen storage technology which would allow renewable energy to be captured in depleted oil and gas reservoirs.

Wave energy company Mocean Energy have raised £3.2 million in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney.

An initial four-month test has been completed in the UK proving a subsea battery storage system can power subsea equipment via wave power.

A new pipeline unveiled by the NZTC could enable Scotland to meet up to 10% of Europe’s projected hydrogen import demand by the mid-2030s.

SSEN Transmission has concluded a consultation to seek views on plans for its first ever community benefit scheme, which will see communities living near its transmission infrastructure benefit from funding for local projects. 

The Seagreen 1A substation has been unanimously approved by East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee.