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A new offshore windfarm has been switched on by the Secretary of State for Scotland.
The Moray West farm has 60 turbines, the tallest ever installed in UK waters, and has the capacity to generate enough power for 1.3million households.
Around 1,500 jobs were created during construction, including at Sarens PSG's new centre of excellence in Aberdeen.
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The former Hunterston B power station in North Ayrshire has been formally declared nuclear free after three years of defuelling.
The site generated its final power in January 2022 after 46 years of operation - two decades longer than originally planned.
The site's eventual closure was sealed when hairline cracks were found in the graphite bricks which make up its nuclear cores.
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OnPath Energy is starting public consultations for a wind project in Scotland.
Locals in East Ayrshire can soon attend the first of two rounds of public exhibitions for the proposed eight-turbine wind farm in the Cumnock and Doon Valley area.
OnPath Energy recently submitted a scoping report for the project located within Netherthird on the Garleffan and Grievehill open-cast coal mine.
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An economic report had laid out the devastating impact climate change could have on the Scottish economy if mitigation measures are not pursued.
Not tackling climate change, it says, could leave Scotland between £30 billion and £140 billion poorer by 2035, and “bankrupt the Scottish economy”.
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