The Scottish Government has announced £43 million in grants for 13 low-carbon infrastructure projects through the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP).

The projects include Glenrothes Next Generation Heat, which aims to find district heat customers for RWEs local CHP plant, which has lost a key industrial heat load. Fair Isle Unified Low Carbon Electricity Storage aims to develop a collaborative local energy model based on a Class 1 wind turbine (required for the wind speeds on Fair Isle), storage system, fly wheel and solar.