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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Meanwhile in Scotland, the Orkney Isles offer a model for publicly owned wind power schemes that retain profits in the locality.

If the green transition is to be accelerated then this model of green development looks like a viable way of pushing on with the move to renewables.

Energy *should* be a publicly owned utility as its privatisation has demonstrated - so, make the green transition a transition in ownership too?

#Scotland #climate #GreenTransition

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/21/all-profits-from-orkney-windfarm-project-will-go-to-local-services-says-council

the Guardian

‘Much fairer’: all profits from new Orkney windfarm to benefit locals

Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to become UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm
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Susi Arnott
Susi Arnott
@SusiArnott@mastodon.green replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

@ChrisMayLA6 ping @fionaorkneynews

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Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd
@fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

@SusiArnott @ChrisMayLA6 Orkney has one of the highest rates of fuel poverty. This is what's actually happening https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/16/i-have-visited-a-house-where-a-candle-was-being-burned-under-an-upturned-ceramic-flowerpot-propped-up-on-wood-to-provide-heat/

The Orkney News

“I have visited a house where a candle was being burned under an upturned ceramic flowerpot propped up on wood to provide heat.”

Orkney SNP candidate Robert Leslie has used a speech at his party conference to highlight the ‘utter madness’ and ‘massive inequity’ that forces some Orkney households to turn off their electric he…
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