Energy, Renewables and Green Hydrogen
James Hutton Institute and Scientific Services bring a wide range of expertise to projects in the area of energy, renewables and green hydrogen.
Our experience is diverse, from building our own green hydrogen plant to assessing the impact of renewables in rural and international development settings and exploring novel biofuels.
Driving sustainable energy solutions
Our broad range of expertise relating to energy and renewables enables us to bring a multidisciplinary approach to projects.
We can provide independent socio-economic impact assessments of rural energy and renewables projects. Our experienced facilitators can also support consultation and stakeholder engagement processes to make sure projects are based on strong foundations.
Our environmental impact assessment capability includes the development of models and statistical methods that can be used to understand the possible effects of offshore renewable energy generation on seabirds and marine mammals.
We can apply simulation approaches such as agent-based modelling to test ideas, predict outcomes, and explore scenarios in complex systems that would be difficult or impossible to study in real life.
Our capability in biofuels includes researching crop genetics to enhance biofuel efficiency, field trials for biofuel crops and the environmental impact of biofuel crops.
In 2025 our green hydrogen plant will become operational. Based at our Glensaugh Farm, the HydroGlen project will provide a demonstrator of local hydrogen production to support a rural community (link here to HydroGlen page) and is part of our climate-positive farming initiative.