Tags - Renewables

The Neaty Hydro is built high up on the River Farrar on the Culligran Estate owned by Frank Spencer-Nairn. The River Farrar already produces Hydro electricity from the Culligran scheme, commissioned...

The Allt Mor Hydro Scheme in Kinloch Rannoch, a joint venture between Dunalastair Estate and Mor Hydro financed by Clydesdale Bank, is a lot more than a means of providing renewable energy for the...

Kincardine Estate

Kincardine Castle and Estate are ‘going green’, and are working towards reducing consumption and reliance on fossil fuels. In early 2012, owners Andrew and Nicola Bradford completed...

Hopetoun Estate

One of the core remits of Hopetoun Estate is to protect, preserve and enhance the built and natural heritage of the estate for future generations whilst minimizing any the impact on...

Balbirnie Home Farms

Investment in a biomass grain drier at Balbirnie in central Fife has not only improved the carbon footprint of the estate but has proved to be an astute cost-cutting exercise too...

Teaching pupils to manage their finances is an increasingly important part of the curriculum. However students at a school in Dumfries and Galloway have an altogether tougher budgeting challenge...

Green Highland Renewables

Perth hydro developer Green Highland Renewables has commissioned an innovative hydro scheme which is now generating future income for a remote Highland community.

The hydro...

Muirhouse Farm, a member of Scottish Land & Estates, is a 600 acre hill farm in the Scottish Borders near Edinburgh. The farm has decided to try to become completely off grid in terms of its power and...

In January 2015, Minister for Business, Energy & Tourism, Fergus Ewing, officially unveiled a 100-year-old re-commissioned Edwardian hydro-electric scheme at Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire. The...