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A tycoon who claimed the Highlands are ‘not ready’ for a transgender chatelaine wants to buy 517 acres of ‘ancient’ woodland to stop multi-million pound energy schemes being built. Self-styled lady of the manor Samantha Kane wants to buy the expanse of forest around Carbisdale Castle, near Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, Read more
Government Consultation on Electricity Infrastructure Consenting in Scotland Scotland Against Spin will be submitting a response to this consultation exercise, but for now what follows is intended to assist others in submitting their own responses. The deadline for responses is 29th November 2024 so it is vital that responses Read more
‘Humiliating climbdown’ As a minority government, the SNP needed support from other parties to pass the Bill before it could become law. Ahead of the vote, Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said his party would only be willing to vote in favour of the Bill if the Scottish government “commits Read more
A “Dunkelflaute” period of weather has sent wind power generation tumbling in the UK, Germany and other parts of northern Europe.The phenomenon – which translates roughly as “dark wind lull” – describes periods when wind speeds plunge, leading to little to no generation from turbines.On Tuesday, it meant wind farms Read more
SNP ministers have been warned they have “a mountain to climb to have any hope” of meeting its new climate targets as Scotland’s ambition is set to be downgraded less than a week before the COP29 summit. The Scottish Government will this week attempt to water down its 2030 legal Read more
Britain is importing record amounts of electricity from Europe to keep the lights on, as the shutdown of coal and nuclear power plants puts more pressure on the grid. The surge in imports follows the opening of two new links between the UK and the Continent, increasing the amount of Read more
Predictably, the flooding in the Valencia area is being described as a result of “climate change” and the BBC news wheels out academics to confirm that opinion. It is interesting to note, however, that despite records only going back a couple of hundred years or so, they show that the Read more
The UK Government needs to “manage expectations” around the likelihood that its flagship energy company will bring down bills, a new report has warned. The paper, A New Energy and Industrial Revolution: Making GB Energy a Political Success, produced by Stonehaven, and commissioned by Project Tempo, says ministers need to Read more