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St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies has stepped up its sustainability drive by installing electric vehicle charging points at all four of its depots across Scotland. Headquartered at Prestonfield in Edinburgh, the firm serves both trade and retail customers across the Scottish central belt from two locations in the capital as well as Livingston and […]

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have signed exclusivity agreements for two floating offshore wind developments with up to a total of 1.9 gigawatt (GW) capacity under Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. When completed, the windfarms will provide renewable electricity to oil

Relocating data centre infrastructure from existing hubs to emerging hotspots with greener energy networks could cut their associated CO2 emissions by up to 91%, according to new research from DataVita. The data centre and multi-cloud services provider, working with digital sustainability consultancy Posetiv, analysed the ‘carbon intensity’ of Europe’s top five data centre markets: London,

A new 20-acre solar park has opened in the Northeast of Scotland after securing a funding boost of nearly £2 million from Lombard, significantly boosting green energy production in the local area. The £1.9 million funding package, which was facilitated by Lombard Asset Finance, part of the NatWest Group, has allowed Ecosse Solar Parks to