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RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands

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Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, home to the world's largest colony of northern gannets, has been bought by the conservation charity RSPB Scotland. The island, three miles off the coast of North Berwick, has been owned by the Hamilton-Dalrymple family for 320 years. A grant of £586,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund has helped pay for transfer of the rock's ownership along with neighbouring Craigleith Island, which is home to about 10,000 puffins.
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Developers say hydro power 'being missed' because of wind focus

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Developers of small scale hydro-energy projects say Scotland is missing out on investment because of a focus on wind and solar power. Foster Turner Hydro has halted construction of a scheme in the Highlands because it sees no way of securing a contract to provide its electricity to the grid. It wants funding for small scale hydro projects to be ring-fenced in government auction rounds - in the same way as wave and tidal power - to make them financially viable.
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Developers say hydro power 'being missed' because of wind focus

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Loch Gaineamhach is one of three water bodies that would supply the hydro scheme [BBC] Developers of small scale hydro-energy projects say Scotland is missing out on investment because of a focus on wind and solar power. Foster Turner Hydro has halted construction of a scheme in the Highlands because it sees no way of securing a contract to provide its electricity to the grid.
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