Twelve projects aimed at creating Scottish green energy solutions are to share a £2.6 million government funding boost for low-carbon heating systems.
Projects in Glencoe, Callander, St Andrews and Aviemore are among those which will benefit from the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme.
They include energy-efficient homes for pensioners in North Lanarkshire and a low-carbon heating system at the Ayr campus of the University of West of Scotland.
Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse, MSP said the projects would provide many consumers, including in some of Scotland’s most remote areas, with “an alternative, greener and potentially cheaper energy source”.
Ten projects received a total of £550,000 of transition programme development support to produce business cases, which will be matched by at least £550,000 from project partners.
Two projects received capital support of £1.95 million, match-funded by the Scot-Govt’s District Heating Loan Fund.
Wheelhouse added: “”We have also set our sights on eradicating fuel poverty – which is an unacceptable blight on too many households in Scotland – as energy prices have risen steadily, at a time when wages have been depressed due to a weak UK economy and austerity.
“These challenges drive our ambition for innovative local energy projects such as these, which will provide many consumers, including in some of Scotland’s most remote areas, with an alternative, greener, and potentially cheaper energy source.”
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4 Dec 2017
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