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Written by Colin Thomson
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011 17:47 |
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 Saffery Champness - a fair wind for renewables
The announcement last week of a review of Feed in Tariffs (FITs) to take into account development of large scale solar farms and anaerobic digestion plants, and the injection of £2.4 million into the Communities and Renewable Energy Scheme Scotland (CARES) Loan Fund are both good news for the rural sector in Scotland. Shirley Mathieson, renewables spokesperson for the Saffery Champness Landed Estates and Rural Business Group and a partner in their Inverness office comments: "The FITs review, announced by UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne MP last week will ensure that the FITs scheme can continue to support small installations in this round with tariffs remaining unchanged through to April 2012. "However, in addition to assessing all aspects of the scheme including tariff levels, the review will also take into account large scale solar projects (over 50 kW) and how these might be supported and fast tracked. Chris Huhne also announced a study into the uptake of FITs for farm-based anaerobic digestion (AD) plants which has been slower than anticipated, and a possible further review of tariff rates to see if more farm based AD schemes can be encouraged". In addition to this, Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead MSP yesterday announced an injection of funds into the CARES scheme that opens up to farmers and landowners for the first time from April. Shirley Mathieson says: Both these announcements provide further incentive for farmers and land owners seeking diversification opportunities to look long and hard at renewables if they have not done so already both for their own energy supply and for feeding in to the grid – and to do so now while the political wind and will is blowing strongly in their favour. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 February 2011 17:52 |
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Written by John Vaughan
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Sunday, 13 February 2011 17:38 |
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 Knight Frank to announce Lake Vyrnwy buyers
A decision on the preferred buyer of the Lake Vyrnwy Estate is due to be made in spring this year. Initially the Seven Trent Water Board was set to decide on a preferred buyers in February, however, the Board have asked for more time to allow further information on the offers received to be collated. |
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Written by John Vaughan
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010 18:50 |
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 FUW says 'badger campaign was based on false propaganda'
Claims in newspaper advertisements placed by Save the Badger - a campaigning organisation run by charity Secret World Wildlife Rescue - have been ruled as being untrue and unsubstantiated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), following a complaint by the Farmers’ Union of Wales. The advertisements, published in May this year, encouraged members of the general public to oppose badger culling, and called on them to write to the Welsh Assembly Government and the Rural Affairs Minister opposing plans to cull badgers in north Pembrokeshire. |
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Written by Colin Thomson
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Saturday, 23 October 2010 09:04 |
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 Shirley Mathieson, Saffery Champness
While much of the Comprehensive Spending Review concerns macro- economics, swingeing public sector cuts, and knock-on consequences for the private sector, the Chancellor has offered some concessions to the rural sector through green measures particularly on the renewable energy front. Shirley Mathieson, renewables spokesperson for UK top-20 accountancy firm Saffery Champness, and based in their Inverness office, says: “While predominantly, the CSR has been about cuts, there is good news for the rural sector through the various green energy initiatives that have been included in this announcement. In September, Scotland’s First Minister set a new target for the country to be generating 80 per cent of its electricity needs from renewables within the next decade, so any help will be welcome in achieving that ambitious goal. |
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Written by David Lewis
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Saturday, 23 October 2010 08:41 |
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The commitment to renewable energy in this week’s comprehensive spending review will come as a relief to many rural property owners and potential investors, according to Oliver Routledge of Knight Frank’s Renewables and Energy department. It will also help those living in the countryside to make a real contribution to reducing carbon emissions. There were serious concerns that some of the schemes that encourage the most investment in renewable technology would fall victim to the Chancellor’s cost-cutting. |
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