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Nominate leading examples of zero emissions heating systems in non-domestic buildings in Scotland
Can you nominate a non-domestic building in Scotland for its use of a low carbon heating system? We’re proud that Locogen has been appointed by the Scottish Government’s Energy and Climate Change Directorate to research leading examples of zero emissions heating systems in non-domestic buildings in Scotland. This includes heat sources such as heat pumps,

High Voltage Maintenance and Management for Wind and Solar
Professional maintenance and management of high voltage equipment for your renewable asset is vitally important, both for safety and efficient generation. Legislation and insurance providers both now demand that proper arrangements are in place to manage your high voltage equipment and conduct regular maintenance. But securing properly accredited high voltage services can be time consuming

Bespoke Community Wind Turbine Scoops Best Community project at Scottish Green Energy Awards
We’re absolutely thrilled that that the Bespoke Community Wind Turbine project has won Best Community Project at the 2021 Scottish Green Energy Awards. It’s been a long road, but ultimately a successful one, resulting in a project, maybe the last FiT accredited one, that will benefit the community for many years to come. Read below

Tackling Soaring Energy Prices: Strategies for Business
The current energy crisis has shone a harsh light on the UK’s energy supply and the response of the markets. Domestic consumers have been protected from recent sharp increases by a government price cap. Such legislation is well-intentioned to limit escalating household bills but has been directly responsible for the recent slew of energy companies

Locogen and Logan Energy awarded £3 million Green Distilleries funding to progress Arbikie hydrogen power plan
The Arbikie Highland Estate Distillery near Montrose is one step closer to becoming net zero thanks to £3 million of government funding granted to UK renewables company Locogen in partnership with hydrogen technologies specialist Logan Energy. The Phase 2 funding comes from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Net Zero Innovation Portfolio

COP26: If not us, who? If not now, when?
Latest data from NASA’s Vital Signs indicate the world has already warmed by 1°C since the start of the industrial era when carbon dioxide concentration in the air was near 280 parts per million (ppm). Today carbon dioxide concentration is at 417 ppm. A quarter of this increase has occurred in the last 20 years. Such rates of increase are