Europe’s deepest mine to become gravity energy powerhouse

A Finnish company has signed an agreement with the Edinburgh-based underground energy storage firm Gravitricity

Major energy storage boost approved in Scotland

Battery energy storage developer Alcemi has been granted planning permission for 1.5GW of energy storage projects in Scotland, including one of the world’s largest

Waste heat from supercomputer to warm UK homes

The University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility could use excess energy to heat around 5,000 households in Scotland’s capital

Virtual power plant outpaces capacity of UK’s latest gas-fired station

Flexitricity has achieved a milestone with its virtual power plant asset portfolio exceeding one gigawatt

Council considers rent hikes for green upgrades

The City of Edinburgh Council is exploring potential rent increases for council homes to fund energy efficiency improvements

British Gas to hire 700 staff for customer support

British Gas is hiring 700 staff in call centres across Edinburgh, Leeds, Cardiff, Stockport and Leicester by year-end

Edinburgh pioneers computing for low carbon energy

Edinburgh is set to host a cutting-edge exascale computing system, poised to transform AI, medicine and clean energy breakthroughs

Whiskey giant to light up the spirits with Scottish solar power

Brown-Forman has partnered with YLEM Energy to create a 630kW solar array, generating 516,000KWp of clean energy annually at a distillery in Edinburgh

UK Ecotricity boss unveils ‘UK’s first’ electric airline

In early 2024, Ecojet, will begin operating flights to and from Edinburgh using a fleet of conventional planes that have been retrofitted with hydrogen-electric powertrains

UK’s first full-sized driverless buses introduced in Edinburgh

The fleet of five single-decker buses has a capacity to accommodate approximately 10,000 passenger journeys per week