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	     	<title><![CDATA[Lochhead seeks new energy deal with Crown Estate ]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/lochhead-seeks-new-energy-deal-with-crown-estate-1.1044921?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[DEVOLUTION HAS yet to catch up with the Crown Estate – but as it wields control of Scotland’s huge offshore renewables potential, Cabinet Secretary, Richard Lochhead, is pushing to see that change, writes Gordon Davidson.]]></description>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Government commits to long-term bioenergy support]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/government-commits-to-long-term-bioenergy-support-1.1044914?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[STALLED BIOENERGY power projects across the UK have been thrown a cash lifeline by the government.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:44:05 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Crop failure?]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/crop-failure-1.1043060?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[SEVEN YEARS ago, coppiced willow was being touted as the future of biofuel, a long-term cash crop to feed the biomass burners that, enthusiasts believed, would be springing up all over the country.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:10:06 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Climate ‘Focus Farms’ announced]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/climate-focus-farms-announced-1.1040070?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[LEADING BY example, four ‘forward thinking’ Scottish farmers have been nominated by the government to demonstrate to the rest of the industry how best to tackle climate change.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:20:06 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Farmers are thinking green]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/farmers-are-thinking-green-1.1040055?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[A SURVEY carried out at the Highland Show indicates that Scottish farmers are already getting to grips with climate change.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 12:54:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Renewables – community start-up loans proposal]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/renewables-community-start-up-loans-proposal-1.1038916?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[MOVES TO demolish the economic barriers preventing community ownership of renewable energy projects were announced at last weekend’s Royal Highland Show, where Scottish environment secretary Richard Lochhead mooted the idea of creating a ‘rolling loan fund’.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:06:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Carbon footprinting in the spotlight]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/carbon-footprinting-in-the-spotlight-1.1035573?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[LOWER CARBON farming is still a priority of Britain’s biggest retailer, Tesco, producers will be told this month at a conference organised by Dairy UK and DairyCo.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:38:05 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Blade size matters when harvesting wind]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/blade-size-matters-when-harvesting-wind-1.1035570?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[THE UNIVERSITY of Glasgow has been carrying out research on small scale wind turbines in cooperation with green energy company Gaia-Wind – and found that, crucially, larger blades are more efficient at generating electricity in lower wind speeds.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:36:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Crofters missing out on renewable opportunities]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/crofters-missing-out-on-renewable-opportunities-1.1034276?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[INSURMOUNTABLE hurdles stand between crofters and a share of the green energy boom, as they are judged too small scale to access the necessary capital.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:24:04 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Scotland’s zero waste ambition]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/scotland-s-zero-waste-ambition-1.1034270?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[TOUGH NEW targets and measures to capture the maximum value from different waste materials have been announced.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Farmers offered renewables stake]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/farmers-offered-renewables-stake-1.1032810?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[FORTY FARMERS across Scotland are being sought to take part in a renewable energy programme being launched at this week’s NSA Scotsheep event near Stirling.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:42:06 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[West Coast Energy offers ‘hands-off’ deal]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/west-coast-energy-offers-hands-off-deal-1.1032811?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[LANDOWNERS WHO partner wind energy developer West Coast Energy on small to medium-sized wind energy installations are being offered a ‘hands-off’ role, with a guaranteed income stream or discounted energy in return for nothing more than the rights to erect a wind turbine on their property.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:42:06 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Cash boost for biomass users ]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/cash-boost-for-biomass-users-1.1030893?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[MORE THAN £1 million worth of grants have been awarded to a range of Scottish businesses which are aiming to meet more of their energy needs with biomass.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 14:08:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Massive biogas plant for Ayrshire]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/massive-biogas-plant-for-ayrshire-1.1029225?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND IS to get its largest biogas plant yet at a former landfill site at Barkip, North Ayrshire, in a £13.5m deal involving Scottish and Southern Energy.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 11:36:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Green distillery award]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/green-distillery-award-1.1027471?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[ROSEISLE DISTILLERY in Moray has been named Scottish Building Project of the Year 2010 by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland, which praised the development’s marriage of green technologies and traditional industry.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:14:07 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[The shape of things to come]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/the-shape-of-things-to-come-1.1026145?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[IT IS too easy, when the subject of farmscale renewables comes up, to present the whole topic as a fight to the death between food production and energy production.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 14:02:03 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Is your farm FIT for solar power?]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/is-your-farm-fit-for-solar-power-1.1026143?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[THE ADVENT of the Government’s new Feed-in-Tariffs, or FITs, is set to transform farming across Scotland, with solar power rapidly becoming one of the soundest investments for the generation of renewable electricity.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 13:54:11 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Renewable and robust at Rainton]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/renewable-and-robust-at-rainton-1.1026139?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[AS FAR as David Finlay is concerned, the word ‘sustainable’ has been worn out by over-use and abuse, to the point where no-one really knows what it means anymore – but everyone uses it anyway, because there is usually public funding attached.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 13:54:09 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Climate change – the organic viewpoint]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/climate-change-the-organic-viewpoint-1.1026138?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[CLIMATE CHANGE is predicted to have various impacts on the way we farm, whether it is higher average temperatures, more frost free days and less winter snow, wetter winters and drier summers or more extreme weather events such as storms, floods and heat waves.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 13:50:03 +0100</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Windpower – don’t let tax blow you away]]></title>
	     	<link>http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/renewables/renewables/windpower-don-t-let-tax-blow-you-away-1.1026136?localLinksEnabled=false</link>
	     	<description><![CDATA[GOING BY the number of enquiries we are getting at this time, it seems there is hardly a farmer or landowner in the more exposed parts of our countryside who isn’t about to erect a wind turbine or three to reduce overheads and/or increase revenues.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 7 May 2010 13:44:07 +0100</pubDate>
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