Methods used to calculate the potential impact of offshore wind farms on seabird populations could be substantially overestimating the true impacts, meaning they may not be biologically plausible and may be highly unlikely to occur, says a report by the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) published on 19 December. As part of the consenting […]
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Ireland has officially reached 2 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar capacity, marking a historic milestone in the country’s renewable energy journey and demonstrating that solar is now a core component of Ireland’s clean-energy mix, according to renewable energy consultancy Natural Power. This achievement has been made possible thanks to the recent energisation of three solar
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The plant demonstrates how renewable power can be coupled directly to an ammonia plant, accommodating fluctuations in power production and dispensing with hydrogen storage. What’s described as the world’s first dynamic green ammonia plant is now in operation, in a collaboration between emissions-reduction expert Topsoe and partners Skovgaard Energy, a Danish developer of green energy
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The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) hosted its Tackling Empty Homes Conference in December, supported by Action on Empty Homes. Delegates heard how there are currently around 750,000 empty homes in England, and around 300,000 long-term empty (vacant for over six months). Bringing empty properties back into use can help meet housing needs and
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A new paper in Nature Communications raises a red flag about fluorinated sorbents, a class of emerging materials for removing PFAS from water. The authors find that several of these materials can themselves release PFAS or PFAS-like compounds, potentially creating new contamination risks while attempting to solve existing ones. These fluorinated sorbents have been promoted
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Campaigners from Friends of the Earth Scotland have raised the alarm about the omission of plastic from the Scottish government’s draft Circular Economy Strategy, published in October. The festive season brings a “plastic peak” for households, a situation that looks likely to remain unchanged in Christmas 2026, unless certain key holes in the legislative programme
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