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UK Milestone: One Week Without Coal-Fired Generation

May 8, 2019 admin Business, Coal, committee on climate change, drax group, drax power station, england, Gas, International, Legislative, news, Renewables, scotland, Solar, uk, wales, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 16:42:56 +0000

The UK has gone a week without using electricity from coal-fired generation, according to the National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO), which oversees the power network in England, Wales, and Scotland. Government officials said it’s the first time the UK has gone without coal in a week-long period since 1882, when a coal-fired plant opened […]

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Screw Sundance, ‘KeanuCon’ Is the Only Film Festival That Matters

April 23, 2019 admin culture, film, film festival, glasgow, keanu, keanu reeves, movies, scotland, The VICE Guide to Right Now, whoa

Credit to Author: River Donaghey| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:54:47 +0000

You’ll get to see ‘Speed,’ ‘The Matrix,’ both Bill and Ted movies, and something called “Wyld Stallyns live”—what more could you want?

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Three Men Vanished From a Scottish Island 100 Years Ago and People Are Still Looking

April 4, 2019 admin eilean mòr, flannan isles lighthouse, History, history's mysteries, mystery, scotland, scottish, United Kingdom, vanishing

Credit to Author: Mack Lamoureux| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:58:49 +0000

The disappearance at the turn of the 20th century still fascinates over a century later.

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Plane mistakenly takes passengers to Scotland instead of Germany

March 26, 2019 admin airplane, British Airways, error, flight plan, GERMANY, Latest News Stories, mistake, scotland, World

Credit to Author: nguno| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:53:37 +0000

One British Airways flight from London made a surprise stop to Scotland when it was supposed to be destined for Germany.

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POWER Notebook: Wyoming Moves to Save Coal Plants

March 10, 2019 admin Business, Coal, coal ash, edf energy, hunterston, International, Kingston, Legislative, news, Nuclear, scotland, tennessee valley authority, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 22:28:08 +0000

A Wyoming bill designed to keep coal-fired power plants operating in the state was signed into law by the state’s governor last week, one of several developments worldwide that impacted the power generation landscape in early March. Also in the U.S., the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) defended its hiring of a contractor that led the […]

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The Hidden Killer of Dundee’s Street Drug Users

November 7, 2018 admin benzodiazapines, benzos, Drugs, dundee, HEROIN, scotland, valium

We spoke to drug workers and users about what’s going on in the “drug death capital of Europe”.

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Scotland’s Sectarian Orange Order Is Trying to Get with the Times

October 5, 2018 admin Catholic, orange order, protestant, scotland

The arcane organisation with roots in consolidating colonial rule in Ireland is trying to modernise.

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MeyGen Array Sets Global Records for Harnessing Tidal Power

September 2, 2018 admin International, meygen, news, ocean energy, pentland firth, Plant Design, Renewables, Research and Development, scotland, Technology, tidal power, top plant

Though tidal energy is still considered by many to be in its nascent stages, power generated from turbines harnessing fast tidal flows in the same way wind turbines catch the wind has entered the commercial

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