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Hive announces solar parks completion
Hive Energy, a developer of solar parks, announced that it has completed the pre-construction development of nine new solar parks with a total output…
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Agriculture 'in good position' to meet greenhouse targets
Agriculture is in a good position to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets of three million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2020. The news…
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Landowners warned over renewable development payments
Landowners looking to develop renewables projects on their land must be aware that there could be overage clauses affecting their land. If the land…
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Sustainable farming experts call for change
Bold changes are needed to the way food is produced is we are able to continue feeding the world, according to experts at LEAF (Linking Environment…
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Leading experts urge early renewable advice
Rural businesses and landowners can play a major part in achieving government targets for renewable energy and gain significant rewards, but without…
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Climate related migration 'short distance, not international'
Recent reports, as well as extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy, suggest that climate change, and particularly sea-level rise, may be…
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Meeting leads to progress on internal drainage issues
NFU members have had a meeting with Dafydd Roberts, the Environment Agency's project manager for Internal Drainage Districts (IDD) who will identify…
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Scottish turbine Delivers 200,000 kWh at Danish farm
Scottish based farm scale wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind this week looked back to their Danish roots as Esther Bukholt and Ole Nielsen’s turbine…
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Renewable energy projects generate £200m a year in Scotland
Small-scale renewable energy projects in Scotland, including wind turbines, could be generating £200m worth of power a year, latest estimates…
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Fracking should proceed 'with caution' warns CIWEM
The government should proceed with caution over fracking warns the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), in its new…
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