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Scotland’s ageing wind farms could offer communities a rare chance to own part of the energy transition
As Scotland’s first generation of wind farms approaches the end of its working life, researchers ...
OPINION: We need to embrace discomfort to overcome division
In May, elections took place across the UK – local in England and for the ...
Communities could miss out on millions from Scotland’s renewables boom, new report warns
Communities across Scotland risk missing out on a share of the wealth generated by renewable ...
Opinion: Sacred landscapes destroyed
For years we have seen that no landscape is iconic enough to be invulnerable to ...
Communities were promised a share of Scotland’s wind boom. Some are being sold short
More than 20 wind farms are failing to pay an agreed amount to locals. That ...
How Stonehaven might benefit from nearby energy projects
Inland, to the west is Fetteresso Forest, already home to one substation – and the ...
Twenty years on: How Shetland fought to stop islander’s deportation
“I can remember it like yesterday. I don’t think you ever forget it, to be ...
A strategy to utilise Scotland’s wind wealth
Scotland has become a world leader in wind energy. With abundant onshore and offshore wind ...
Locked out by design: what stands between the Local Power Plan and the communities it’s meant to deliver for
In February 2026, the UK Government and Great British Energy launched the Local Power Plan ...
Who gets to decide about Scotland’s national parks?
The dust may finally be settling on the decade-long saga of Flamingo Land and Loch ...
Musselburgh firm shows how renewable energy can support local communities
Founded in 2022 by Josh King and Robert Wilson, Gensource provides services from design and ...
A Hebridean Boom Town is on the horizon.
But who will pay for it and at what cost? Renewable energy development in Lewis ...
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