Renewable energy

The most enterprising area in Scotland

Edinburgh Science Triangle has been named the most enterprising area in Scotland in the Enterprising Britain 2007 competition.

Edinburgh is the Best Place to Live in the UK

Edinburgh is the best place to live in the UK according to Channel 4 property programme Location, Location, Location.

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Record year for Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh has strengthened its position as Scotland's leading research institution by earning a record £210 million to fund its research in 2006/07 – an increase of 50 percent on last year.

Scotland has forged an international reputation in renewable energy, through exploring the development of sustainable energy from wind, wave, hydro, biomass and tidal.

Ocean Power Delivery

Developers of the world’s first commercial wave farm, and Renewable Devices, responsible for the world’s first silent, building-mountable wind turbine are both Edinburgh based companies.

The city's universities are leading a number of multi-disciplinary research projects:

University of Edinburgh – Institute for Energy Systems

The Institute leads the EPSRC-funded SUPERGEN Marine Energy Research Consortium, and is a partner in the SUPERGEN Future Network Technologies researching ways to incorporate small-scale renewable energy sources into the electrical energy system.

Research areas - renewable energy, energy conversion and storage, environmental mitigation, energy delivery and restructuring, operation and control, and power electronics.

Heriot Watt University – International Centre for Island Technology

Established to carry out advanced research, postgraduate training and consultancy in marine resource management. Research areas - renewable energy research, sustainable development, coastal zone management, environmental risk assessment, environmental economics, fisheries and marine bioresources, biodiversity, alternative energy, and waste disposal systems.

Edinburgh Collaborative of Subsurface Science and Engineering

Focuses on alternative/ renewable energy sources from natural hydrates.

Napier University – School of Engineering and the Built Environment

The Materials and Manufacturing Research Group within the School of Engineering and the Built Environment undertakes research on the design, synthesis, fabrication and testing of novel materials, devices and technologies for engineering applications.