Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 27 Renewable Energy companies in Edinburgh. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Renewable Energy Companies & Startups (Edinburgh)
Mocean Energy
Mocean Energy develops new technologies that can harness the power of waves and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon world.
Founder(s): Cameron McNatt, Chris Retzler
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Renewable Energy
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Nova Innovation
Nova Innovation is an energy company that designs, builds, operates tidal energy devices, and develops sites for arrays of tidal turbines.
Founder(s): Gary Connor, Simon Forrest
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Renewable Energy
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Celtic Renewables
Celtic Renewables is a biofuel startup focused on the renewable energy and whisky sector.
Founder(s): Martin Tangney
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Innovation Management, Renewable Energy
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Gravitricity
Gravitricity develops a novel storage technology which offers some of the best characteristics of lithium batteries and pumped storage.
Founder(s): Charlie Blair, Martin Wright, Peter Fraenkel
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Renewable Energy
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QED Naval
QED Naval is a naval architecture consultancy that is focused on the development of the marine renewable energy industry.
Founder(s): Jeremy Smith
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Marine Technology, Renewable Energy
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Sustainable Marine Energy
Sustainable Marine Energy develops a deployment platform for the tidal energy industry.
Founder(s): Jason Hayman
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Clean Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy
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ITPEnergised
ITPEnergised provides consultancy offering energy, environmental, engineering, technical advisory and renewables asset management services.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Energy, Renewable Energy
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Pelamis Wave Power
Pelamis Wave Power manufactures “Wave Energy Converter”, a system that generates renewable electricity from ocean waves.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Marine Technology, Renewable Energy, Water
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Red Rock Power
Red Rock Power Limited is an energy company that supports government targets.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electrical Distribution, Energy, Renewable Energy
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H2 GREEN
H2 GREEN provide large-scale hydrogen storage at sites close to towns and cities across the UK.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy
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ACT Blade
ACT Blade designs and develops ACT Blade technology, the most efficient wind turbine blade.
Founder(s): Alessandro Rosellio, Donald MacVicar, Sabrina Malpede
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Engineering, Health Care, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
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Ventient Energy
Ventient Energy is a dynamic, renewable energy company that is an independent onshore wind energy generator.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Environmental Consulting, Renewable Energy
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Locogen
Locogen is an award-winning pioneer in the renewable energy sector located in Edinburgh.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy
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Boxergy
Boxergy is a Scottish company focused on making low carbon heat affordable for all.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Renewable Energy, Solar
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Empowering Local Energy Group
Empowering Local Energy Group is a Consulting services related to holistic energy solutions, hybrid energy system.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
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Mayside Partners
Venture capital firm, based in Scotland that partners with entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into world-changing products.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Financial Services, Public Relations, Publishing, Renewable Energy
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BayWa r.e.
BayWa r.e. is a renewable energy operation services company.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy
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Nexus Energy Solutions
Nexus Energy Solutions is provide energy efficiency services for residential and commercial properties all over the UK.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
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Atmos Consulting
Atmos Consulting is a modern and dynamic environment and planning consultancy company.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Environmental Consulting, Renewable Energy
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Kinnotech
Kinnotech Innovators of a solar lamp to reduce carbon emissions in off grid areas.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Renewable Energy
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Renewable Energy Institute
Renewable Energy Institute offers training, conferences, and education solutions for renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.
Founder(s): Paolo Buoni
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Education, Renewable Energy, Training
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Greenpower Technology
Renewable Technologies Installations
Founder(s): Tom Morley
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, GreenTech, Renewable Energy, Solar
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The Gupta Partnership
The Gupta Partnership is an international marketing and communications company.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Marketing, Renewable Energy, Telecommunications
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Beyond Green Advisors Ltd.
Beyond Green is dedicated to helping organisations become more sustainable.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Renewable Energy
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Greenpower Services
Electrical contractor in Scotland. Sister company to Greenpower Technology.
Founder(s): Tom Morley
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electrical Distribution, Renewable Energy
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Local Energy Scotland
Local Energy Scotland is offering advice and support to renewable energy groups across Scotland.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Energy, Renewable Energy
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Cathcart Associates Energy
Cathcart Associates Energy is a recruitment consulting firm that offers staffing and employment solutions to the renewables sector.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Employment, Professional Services, Recruiting, Renewable Energy, Staffing Agency
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