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Can Sutherland feed Sutherland?

Can Sutherland feed Sutherland?

How can we produce more food locally? How easy is it to access locally grown and reared food? These were some of the questions at the heart of the Convention on Local Food Production hosted by the Kyle Feeds Project at Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust and Planet Sutherland. The

Push for greater planning democracy in Highlands

Push for greater planning democracy in Highlands

At the 2nd CC convention in August, MSPs and MPs across the political spectrum agreed to push for a “much-needed” debate in Holyrood and Westminster about renewable energy in the Highlands. The second Community Councils Convention, held in Inverness, attracted more than 250 delegates, representing 60 community councils and about

Renewable energy and Crofting

Renewable energy and Crofting

You don’t have to venture far in the crofting counties before you spot wind turbines of all sorts of sizes. By its very nature, croft land is very rural and tends to occupy vast, hilly areas across the Highlands and Islands, making it prime territory for capturing our natural

Understanding BESS

Understanding BESS

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) store electrical energy and release it when needed, playing a crucial role in modern energy infrastructure. They can eliminate constraint payments and help achieve net zero by avoiding the need to switch on gas plants. But with fast evolving technology and an ever increasing number

Is the current planning system for renewables sidelining communities?

Is the current planning system for renewables sidelining communities?

The growing amount, complexity, increasing fast pace of the process, and the way decisions on applications are reached - with some given the green light despite widespread local opposition - are some of the challenges faced by the local communities around the Kyle of Sutherland. “It seems [Scottish Ministers Alastair

Report highlights the imbalance of  who benefits from the green energy boom

Report highlights the imbalance of  who benefits from the green energy boom

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News Editor   A new report on the social value of the renewable energy boom in the Scottish Highlands and Islands has confirmed what most people living in the area had already suspected: there is a wide disparity in how host communities benefit from such projects.

Saving our social care services

Saving our social care services

Health & Wellbeing Hubs in Sutherland & Dunbeath are facing financial crisis due to over a decade of standstill contract funding from NHS Highland. They condemn the loss of care homes and independent community care service providers in Sutherland due to chronic underfunding. Hubs United Group (HUG) members the Assynt