The Scottish government's target for 2011 was to meet 31% of the country's energy needs from renewables.
We need renewables -- wind, tidal -- but these are not useable in the transport sector.
When the government eliminated subsidies for renewables in 1991, Luz ended up in bankruptcy.
Martin Wood, from RWE Npower Renewables, said the company was "extremely disappointed" with the decision.
But my little app tells me we are producing just 3% from renewables today.
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Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd submitted plans for the project to government agency Marine Scotland last summer.
With respect to electricity generation, the major renewables (wind and solar) are both intermittent and diffuse.
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These same levels of subsidies granted renewables, they argue, could rebalance many equations about cost.
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Developers Coriolis and Falck Renewables said the farm would not impact on protected areas.
Duke Energy Renewables already has two commercial solar farms in North Carolina and three nationwide.
He cited renewables, on which he has thrown good money after bad for political purposes.
Renewables should have been adopted a long time ago when Jimmy Carter was President.
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Miraculous even, given what we already know about the various renewables and so on.
At the same time, it has a distinct advantage over other renewables, like solar and wind.
This would involve the triumvirate of renewables, nuclear and abated fossil-fuel technology, said Lord Smith.
Amazingly, we seem to have found something that is even more expensive than renewables.
To shift fully to renewables, Germany needs to boost storage capacity by a factor of 500.
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Hydropower produces about 15% of the world's electricity, compared with 3% for other renewables.
For example, California will require 33% of its electricity to come from renewables by 2020.
In other words, despite these huge investments, renewables' share of the energy market has been shrinking.
But stable policy has helped create an infrastructure for the next generation of renewables, Hartwig says.
Iberdrola Renewables is the second largest developer of wind power projects in the United States.
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Coal-burning power stations have cut output significantly, while gas-burning has surged ahead, faster than renewables.
Scottish Renewables said 15% of the country's total carbon emissions have been displaced by renewables projects.
Energy companies such as Centrica and EDF, a French firm, are re-evaluating their British renewables projects.
Subsidiary MEG Renewables is now seeking sites to develop and operate small to medium-scale wind turbines.
It included extra investment in gas, renewables and nuclear to be paid for by households.
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Apple has now come back with plans to power the entire site with renewables.
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Banks Renewables had planned to build five turbines, measuring 145m (475ft), at Hagg Wood, near Copmanthorpe.
For technical, policy, and financial reasons, risks are often higher for renewables than fossil-based energy.
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