Environmental, Waste and Renewables Update

Here is a summary of today's Environmental, Waste and Renewables news:

Insider: Scotmid Co-op secures 10-year green deal to power 280 sites

Scotmid Co-op is one of five co-operative society members to sign a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with RWE to supply electricity from renewable energy sources to more than 400 locations across the UK.  The deal will see around 280 trading sites - including Scotmid, Semichem and Scotmid Funerals stores - supplied by the green energy source. Starting on 1 April, the contract will provide up to 53 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity per year, sourced from the London Array offshore wind farm in the outer Thames Estuary.

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Guardian: Zonal electricity pricing plan could add £3bn a year to GB bills, report finds

Plans to overhaul England, Wales and Scotland’s electricity market risk piling an extra £3bn on to household energy bills every year until the 2040s, according to the government’s own clean power adviser.

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Herald: £1.3m cash boost to nature projects across Scotland

A plan to re-establish a resilient and well-connected temperate rainforest habitat within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park is one of 12 successful projects to receive funding from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund.

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STV: Scotland’s oldest electricity pylons pulled down

Scotland’s oldest electricity transmission line has been pulled down nearly a century after it was built to bring power to heavy industry and shipyards. Known as the G-Route, the line was built in 1929 to connect the Yoker, Dellingburn and Braehead coal-powered power stations in Glasgow and Renfrewshire.

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