Tales of Scottish solar

Retirado do site SolarCurator:

"01 May 2013

History lesson and PV update from Edinburgh, Soitec goes public to finance South African project, Hawaii increases solar footprint

What do Scotland, South Africa, and Hawaii have in common? Certainly not the weather—at least in Caledonia’s case—but the answer is, of course, the increasing implementation of solar power in the respective regions. But a recently posted story from up Edinburgh way not only shares information about new projects coming online but also tells a historical tale, of a time way back in 2005 when a decent-sized (for then) PV system on a university campus was on the bleeding edge of photovoltaic science.

Renewables industry says projects displacing CO2 emissions

Extraído do site da BBC News:

"The renewable energy industry has published figures which, it claims, show Scotland is producing enough low carbon electricity to offset emissions from Longannet power station in Fife. 

Scottish Renewables said 15% of the country's total carbon emissions have been displaced by renewables projects. The figures have been welcomed by the Scottish government. But anti-wind farm campaigners have long disputed claims that wind turbines help reduce carbon emissions.

The renewable energy sector said the latest figures show wind and hydro developments have displaced 8.36 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. Supporters of renewable energy said that was the equivalent of taking some 3.5 million cars off the roads or turning off the country's biggest coal-fired power station.

The industry says wind and hydro projects have displaced 8.36 million tonnes of CO2 emissions