Tags - Renewables

Our Helping It Happen Awards Ceremony & Dinner takes place in less than a weeks’ time, so we are taking a closer look at each of the finalists in our nine diverse categories here on our blog. The...

ALIenergy is pioneering integration of renewable electricity generation with variable useful loads to give added value to local communities and develop rural industry e.g. algal bioproduction, in the...

Energy and the BioEconomy (ENBIO) involves the pioneering integration of renewable electricity generation with large scale microalgal bioproduction to create a new bioindustry providing multiple...

Do you know a farm, rural business or estate who are doing things a little different, taking a new approach and helping their local community thrive? 

Has a local estate, farm or rural business near...

With over 90 inches of rain failing on Ardtorish each year, Ardtornish Estate has taken the opportunity to create clean, green energy in a way which doesn’t damage the environment.  

On the river...

Alvie Estate have made it their mission to become more self-sufficient in electricity and heat. The cost to heat Alvie House in 2005 was around £20,000 per annum, and on the rise, as well as using a...

Stracathro Estates have embraced renewable energy, and income from the various schemes now contributes significantly to the turnover. They are conscious that the carbon footprint of intensive farming...

The National Trust for Scotland (Trust) have worked in partnership with islanders on Fair Isle since the mid-1950s.

Many of these years saw the Trust working closely with Shetland grant providers and...

Mar Estate undeniably has had an influence on the economic past and future of its local Braemar community. A platform to economic opportunity and diversification of income, historically, presently,...

The building of a new coffeehouse right on the cliffs close to North Berwick has captured the imaginations of very many people already, and it only opened in June 2018, and the tables are rarely empty...

Torrisdale Estate

Beinn an Tuirc Distillers Limited was formed in 2016 but only began production in June 2017, with the first bottle being sold on 1st July 2017. The company is based on Torrisdale...

Elie Estate

Situated on Elie Estate, a small family run estate in the heart of the East Neuk of Fife, Catchpenny Safari Lodges is an excellent example of the diversification of a small rural business...