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SOLAR WINNERS, the Donald Family of Bridge of Earn, were the lucky winners of £10,000 Solar PV System

Renewables

Solid as a rock

THE SECRET of great comedy, it is often said, is in its timing.

The sun and the pain...

HAS THE sun now set on the UK’s solar PV industry or not?

A low risk route to renewables

AS THE old saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat – and farmers looking for a stake in the wind energy sector should not forget that there are alternatives to spending their own cash on a turbine.

Investing in wind

SCOTLAND’S FARMWIND superpower VG Energy has formed a new partnership with renewables developer Vigor, unlocking “significant funds” for investment in turbine projects.

Whisky in the car

THE WHISKY industry annually produces 1600 million litres of pot ale and 500,000 tonnes of draff – and a new Scottish company reckons those byproducts can be turned into a new, cleaner and better form of biofuel.

Comparing apples with apples

WHEN COMPARING farmscale wind turbine models, many of the people I talk to are very keen on the published ‘power rating’ of the generator.

Xzeres a success at Larroch

MARTIN WALLACE has recently installed two Xzeres turbines on his Larroch Farm at Monreith near Port William, Dumfries and Galloway, via VG Energy.

Evoco’s turbulence upgrade

DECEMBER’S GALES exposed a design flaw in the Evoco 10 wind turbine, forcing the manufacturer to issue a “brake and isolate” notice on all its turbine.

Get the site right

HIS BACKGROUND in upmarket retail has left Andrew Douglas Miller with a fundamental objection to anything even remotely reminiscent of “hard selling”.

Ulster urged to plant trees

NORTHERN IRISH farm minister, Michelle O’Neill, has called on landowners to help increase woodland cover across the country by planting more trees.