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Day: 12 March 2013

Small wind turbines must be more efficient to ‘harness potential’

A new project is underway to improve the performance of small wind turbines, which are not currently as efficient as larger wind turbines.

New centre will help tackle environmental issues and create ‘smarter cities’

A new centre to help make cities become 'smarter and more forward thinking' will give businesses the opportunity to develop solutions that tackle climate change and improve resource efficiency.

Food sector collaborates to refine product sustainability strategies

Major brands are joining forces to improve the environmental performance of selected product lines through better waste prevention and resource efficiency measures.

Scotland’s zero waste challenge set to tax councils

Scotland's zero waste regulations should create plenty of recyclable material. But, argues David Burrows, can the stretching targets be met and what will material quality be like?

Circular economy

Scottish industry ‘performing well’ on implementing low-carbon policy

Scotland is continuing to make significant progress on implementing its climate change strategy, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

ANALYSIS: Energy powers up as circular economy bottleneck

Questions are being asked over whether there is a valid role for energy-from-waste in the emerging circular economy as design principles underpinning goods and services start to be realigned with material optimisation.

Siemens opens world’s largest wind turbine test facility

Siemens Energy has broadened its scope for developing larger wind turbines by opening the world's largest research and development (R&D) test centres in Denmark.

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