Arran Community Renewables
@arranrenewables.bsky.social
https://www.arranrenewables.com/ is developing renewable energy projects, by establishing a Community Benefit Fund, for the people of the Isle of Arran.
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Guess which existential crisis beginning with C doesn't get a single mention in this BBC article?
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
UK weather: Spring may become driest on record with no rain in sight
There has been a lack of rainfall in many parts of the UK so far this spring and there is little or no rain in the immediate forecast.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Guess which existential crisis beginning with C doesn't get a single mention in this BBC article?
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
We had a presentation to the local Community last week. It can now be viewed below. As always, we welcome any questions that it may raise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRLO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRLO...
Glenkiln Community Solar Project | Community Meeting May 2025
YouTube video by Arran Community Renewables
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May 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We had a presentation to the local Community last week. It can now be viewed below. As always, we welcome any questions that it may raise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRLO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRLO...
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Just released: Huge revision in Germany's official estimates of emissions/uptake from the land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, now reflecting the spruce bark beetle outbreaks that started in 2018. 1/2
April 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Just released: Huge revision in Germany's official estimates of emissions/uptake from the land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, now reflecting the spruce bark beetle outbreaks that started in 2018. 1/2
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Faster than forecast impacts of heating planet wreaking havoc, with record-breaking new heat, rain and ocean temperature extremes.
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Is scientific reticence hindering climate understanding?
The bulk of climate research has tended to underplay worst-case scenarios, preferring cautious projections and scholarly reticence. This reticence is clearly displayed in the work of the IPCC, which c...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Faster than forecast impacts of heating planet wreaking havoc, with record-breaking new heat, rain and ocean temperature extremes.
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⚠️ The gas grid death spiral in action.
As more homes electrify, gas demand falls. Prices rise. Disconnect fees go up. Fewer customers = higher costs for those left behind.
Frank Energy just quit NZ’s residential gas market — a textbook case.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
As more homes electrify, gas demand falls. Prices rise. Disconnect fees go up. Fewer customers = higher costs for those left behind.
Frank Energy just quit NZ’s residential gas market — a textbook case.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
'Death spiral' for gas: Frank Energy turns off switch
A gas retailer will stop supplying customers next year, amid what Consumer NZ says could be the start of the end.
www.rnz.co.nz
April 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
⚠️ The gas grid death spiral in action.
As more homes electrify, gas demand falls. Prices rise. Disconnect fees go up. Fewer customers = higher costs for those left behind.
Frank Energy just quit NZ’s residential gas market — a textbook case.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
As more homes electrify, gas demand falls. Prices rise. Disconnect fees go up. Fewer customers = higher costs for those left behind.
Frank Energy just quit NZ’s residential gas market — a textbook case.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Red mediterranean sea!
The last year the #Mediterranean recorded its highest temperature, according to #Copernicus #ECMWF Data.
The last August surpassed the record of July 2023. The image shows the annual anomaly of sea surface temperature in 2024. #ClimateEmergency #esotc2024
The last year the #Mediterranean recorded its highest temperature, according to #Copernicus #ECMWF Data.
The last August surpassed the record of July 2023. The image shows the annual anomaly of sea surface temperature in 2024. #ClimateEmergency #esotc2024
April 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Red mediterranean sea!
The last year the #Mediterranean recorded its highest temperature, according to #Copernicus #ECMWF Data.
The last August surpassed the record of July 2023. The image shows the annual anomaly of sea surface temperature in 2024. #ClimateEmergency #esotc2024
The last year the #Mediterranean recorded its highest temperature, according to #Copernicus #ECMWF Data.
The last August surpassed the record of July 2023. The image shows the annual anomaly of sea surface temperature in 2024. #ClimateEmergency #esotc2024
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Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
April 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
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"The only parts of Europe that aren’t being boiled dry are being washed away in floods. The EU must urgently update its climate targets to reflect the scientific reality, and put a stop to new fossil fuel projects as a first step to a full phase-out." – @tomgelin.bsky.social
Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024
European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"The only parts of Europe that aren’t being boiled dry are being washed away in floods. The EU must urgently update its climate targets to reflect the scientific reality, and put a stop to new fossil fuel projects as a first step to a full phase-out." – @tomgelin.bsky.social
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Broadcasters falsely blamed UK's push for net zero for Scunthorpe's problems
But @ukerc.bsky.social say
"high energy prices are absolutely not created by net zero policies... Britain’s amazing wind resources offer potential for cheap, stable energy prices"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But @ukerc.bsky.social say
"high energy prices are absolutely not created by net zero policies... Britain’s amazing wind resources offer potential for cheap, stable energy prices"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say
Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Broadcasters falsely blamed UK's push for net zero for Scunthorpe's problems
But @ukerc.bsky.social say
"high energy prices are absolutely not created by net zero policies... Britain’s amazing wind resources offer potential for cheap, stable energy prices"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But @ukerc.bsky.social say
"high energy prices are absolutely not created by net zero policies... Britain’s amazing wind resources offer potential for cheap, stable energy prices"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Yesterday I went to Franz Josef - and the glacier I walked up to about 16 years ago is, um, gone. Can’t even SEE it from the walkway.
As far as situations go, this seems far from ideal.
As far as situations go, this seems far from ideal.
April 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Yesterday I went to Franz Josef - and the glacier I walked up to about 16 years ago is, um, gone. Can’t even SEE it from the walkway.
As far as situations go, this seems far from ideal.
As far as situations go, this seems far from ideal.
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A useful thread from Doug highlighting key examples of three of the UK's most powerful media brands - Sun, Telegraph, Daily Mail - continuing to parrot fossil fuel industry disinformation.
Weekend story was saving Scunthorpe steelworks - UK's last virgin steel smelting plant
Challenged for years by cheap imports from Asia where energy & labour cost are lower
There's been a concerted but **erroneous** attempt to link that to net zero efforts
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Challenged for years by cheap imports from Asia where energy & labour cost are lower
There's been a concerted but **erroneous** attempt to link that to net zero efforts
🧵🧵
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British Steel to deploy emergency measures to save Scunthorpe furnaces
Firm in race against time to get key materials as business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needs
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A useful thread from Doug highlighting key examples of three of the UK's most powerful media brands - Sun, Telegraph, Daily Mail - continuing to parrot fossil fuel industry disinformation.
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More fossil fuels = more climate change. It's that simple.
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
Tell the UK: No new oil and gas
The UK government has paused making decisions on new oil and gas in the North Sea while it examines how to regulate new drilling. And it’s asking the public for our views.
act.globaljustice.org.uk
April 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
More fossil fuels = more climate change. It's that simple.
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
We have to get out of the fossil fuel doom loop. Please tell the government not to approve any new oil and gas in the north sea 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4262?ut...
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Watching this little guy on flight radar. Feel pretty helpless. Hoping that this intervention will tip the balance. Friends and colleagues on the hill still fighting the fire.
April 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Watching this little guy on flight radar. Feel pretty helpless. Hoping that this intervention will tip the balance. Friends and colleagues on the hill still fighting the fire.
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A major community solar project is expected to help Scotland reach its zero-emissions goal by 2045, while reducing fossil fuel dependence and increasing energy resiliency on the Isle of Arran. @arranrenewables.bsky.social
Biggest Community Solar Farm Project in Scotland Moves Forward - EcoWatch
The 6 megawatt Glenkiln solar farm on the Isle of Arran will be the largest entirely community-owned solar farm in Scotland.
www.ecowatch.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A major community solar project is expected to help Scotland reach its zero-emissions goal by 2045, while reducing fossil fuel dependence and increasing energy resiliency on the Isle of Arran. @arranrenewables.bsky.social
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EU environmental law - new legislation on soil monitoring agreed
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Soil monitoring law: Council reaches deal with Parliament
The Council reached a provisional deal with the European Parliament on a directive to improve monitoring and assessment of all soils within the EU.
www.consilium.europa.eu
April 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
EU environmental law - new legislation on soil monitoring agreed
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
We have so many people to thank that helped us get to this point. Thank you one and all for your involvement and encouragement.
Scottish Government and CARES
Local Energy Scotland
North Ayrshire Council
Arran Residents
Anna Baker our Project Manager
All the Consultants in the project.
Scottish Government and CARES
Local Energy Scotland
North Ayrshire Council
Arran Residents
Anna Baker our Project Manager
All the Consultants in the project.
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We have so many people to thank that helped us get to this point. Thank you one and all for your involvement and encouragement.
Scottish Government and CARES
Local Energy Scotland
North Ayrshire Council
Arran Residents
Anna Baker our Project Manager
All the Consultants in the project.
Scottish Government and CARES
Local Energy Scotland
North Ayrshire Council
Arran Residents
Anna Baker our Project Manager
All the Consultants in the project.
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Boris Johnson promised farmers that “subsidies would stay - 100% guaranteed”.
🚜 The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of “Remain”, but decided not to campaign outright, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
🚜 The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of “Remain”, but decided not to campaign outright, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
What happened to those post-Brexit farm subsidies?
We need a discussion about UK food and farming, our resilience to external and self-inflicted events, and where the money is going
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Boris Johnson promised farmers that “subsidies would stay - 100% guaranteed”.
🚜 The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of “Remain”, but decided not to campaign outright, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
🚜 The National Farmers’ Union council was overwhelmingly in support of “Remain”, but decided not to campaign outright, as it would upset some of their larger farmers who were cheering Brexit.
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We all think plastic pollution is a problem, and it is. In the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of plastic.
But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!
But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
We all think plastic pollution is a problem, and it is. In the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of plastic.
But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!
But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!