Locogen are delighted with the news that one of our clients, Ore Valley Housing Association (OVHA) has been nominated for ‘Best Community Project’ at the Green Energy Awards, to be presented at the EICC in Edinburgh on December 6th. It’s an outstanding project, which delivers for OVHA, the community and Scottish government across a number […]
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ocogen’s David Linsley-Hood tells us how he was inspired to get involved in renewable energy and ponders the future for renewable heat. How did you get into renewables? It was a bit by chance. I was training as a geotechnical engineer when I got into a discussion with a professor about the future of world
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The Glenshee Ski Centre, located in Aberdeenshire, is a winter sports hub for those in the Scottish Highlands and further afield. After a competitive tender exercise, Locogen are delighted to have secured a contract to provide a full investment grade business proposal for an innovative off-grid wind and energy storage project at the centre. The
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Amy recently joined Locogen as a Renewable Energy Technician. Prior to joining the team, Amy was deeply involved in research as well as working alongside numerous Non-Governmental Organisations. During her first few months, she has been working on shared loop heat pump networks alongside Dan Gates in our Glasgow office. Here, Amy shares her passion for
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Locogen is delighted to announce the acquisition of Renewable Energy Engineers Ltd. a specialist renewable heat company based in Glasgow. Renewable Energy Engineers was founded in 2004 and has completed hundreds of projects across a variety of technologies, including air source heat pumps, ground source heat pumps, biomass, district heating and biomass CHP. The acquisition
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Thomas Brulport recently joined Locogen for a Renewable Energy Engineering Internship. During his time with us he has been working on projects for the French market, alongside Locogen SAS Managing Director, Cédric Gerbier, in Locogen’s Edinburgh Headquarters. Here, Thomas shares some details of his work on self-consumption of renewable energy produced in the community. Tell
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The success of renewable technologies such as onshore and offshore wind, solar PV and hydro has contributed to the large-scale decarbonisation of the electricity grid. But in order to meet our climate change targets, attention is turning towards heat. As can be seen in the diagram below, in Scotland, 51% of the energy we consume
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According to the National Grid, local generation could make up more than two thirds of the total capacity of the energy system by 2050. This is the prediction for one of the four ‘Future Energy Scenarios’ just published by the UK System Operator. This ‘Community Renewables’ outcome would deliver rapid decarbonisation as well as substantial
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Logan Black recently joined Locogen’s renewable energy consulting team. He will be working with clients across a range of technologies but here he looks at one emerging sector of the industry, which he sees as being a key component in the growing uptake of renewables – energy storage. What made you decide on a career
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Locogen SAS President, Cedric Gerbier, presnts at “Exploring the French Market” event Locogen were delighted to be invited to present at the recent “Exploring the French Market” event at the French Consulate in Edinburgh. The event featured talks from Emmanuel Cocher, Consul General of France in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Philippe Guyonnet-Dupérat, Financial counsellor at the
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