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Rosebank Oil Field Gets The Green Light

The controversial Rosebank Oil Field has been approved by the UK Government and is currently the largest undeveloped oil field in the UK. Rosebank is more than twice the size of Cambo Oil Field which is estimated to produce 800 million barrels of oil, and will produce more than 69,000 barrels per day, add £17bn...

CARES Conference 2023

Last week, members of the OnGen Team attended the CARES Conference 2023: Community Action on Renewable Energy, hosted by Local Energy Scotland, an OnGen customer. CARES is The Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme that supports communities across Scotland to access the benefits of the energy transition to net zero.   OnGen and Local...

Is Solar the Only Answer?

Why is solar important? We’ve known for a long time that when a behind-the-meter renewable energy technology is sized correctly, subsidies aren’t needed to make the business case stack up. Under the feed-in tariff scheme which ended in 2020, 79.3% of all the installed capacity was solar, accounting for 98.8% of all installations (source: Central...

OnGen Expert: Midlands Net Zero Hub Case Study

A Quick Summary The Midlands Net Zero Hub has worked successfully with OnGen’s award-winning software, OnGen Expert, to establish opportunities for onsite renewable energy generation and low-carbon heating technologies. Since using OnGen Expert the Midlands Net Zero hub has assessed 112 properties from their site portfolio, ranging from leisure centres to community hubs, projecting potential...

OnGen Expert: A Scottish Government Case Study

A Quick Summary The Scottish Government has been using OnGen Expert™ to conduct renewable and low-carbon energy feasibility assessments to find the most appropriate sources of onsite generation across its portfolio. The Scottish Government has identified generation opportunities that could save 394 tonnes of carbon annually, coupled with energy cost savings of £4,281,000 over 20...

Scottish Government Gas Boiler Replacement Scheme

The Plan in Scotland The Scottish Government are implementing the gas boiler replacement scheme which will replace gas boilers in Scotland with green heating systems, including heat pumps. This policy is to reform the current Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings and will mean that properties with gas boilers in operation will receive a lower EPC...