Orbex Secures £3.3 Million in ESA Funding to Develop Ultra-Green Scottish Spaceport
The UK Space Agency has awarded UK-based launch services company Orbex £3.3 million under the European Space Agency's "Boost!" initiative supporting commercial space transportation. The funding will further Orbex's development of the proposed spaceport in Sutherland, on Scotland's north coast, which aims to be the world's first carbon-neutral...
Scotland only just missed its 100% clean electricity target this year
Scotland just missed this year 100% clean electricity consumption by only 1.4%. Scotland is currently working to achieve an ambitious climate target of net-zero by 2045. 10 years ago it set its sight on 100% clean electricity consumption in 2020. That target was extremely ambitious but it almost...
Post Office begins Orkney island drone trial
Royal Mail has announced a two-week trial to deliver post to remote Orkney island using an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV). The trial, the third this year involving remote communities and UAVs, will see Royal Mail use Windracers drones between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands. ...