Vicky Allan
Features Writer at The Herald (Scotland)
Creature from the deep (she/her) and the shallows. Herald environment journo and author. Books: Wild swimming and (latest) histfic Murray Hall
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1 day ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
Matthew Henney, director of Eco Energy Ltd, says that he is down £88,000 in customer payments for heat pump installations – and he blames the way the Home Energy Scotland (HES) heat pump grants and loans scheme works by paying out to the customer, not the installer. At one point, he describes, his company was struggling with £250,000 in outstanding unpaid grants and loans, partly due to delays in processing, but also due to the fact that some customers were not passing on the grant payment.
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6 days ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
Marta BeraCost Controller, Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm (Image: Marta Bera) The news today of the cancellation of Hornsea 4, the North Sea development once set to be one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world, came as a reminder that the renewables sector, key to the UK’s net zero progress, has multiple challenges. Among these are the supply chain costs that scuppered Hornsea 4, and ultimately mean that for Ørsted it made “no economic sense”.
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
A heat pump outside a home in Dunblane. Picture Gordon Terris A new Heat in Building's Bill, millions in funding for homes, and the simplifying of the Home Energy Scotland grant and advice system to make the process easier. These were the three key promises in the Programme for Government announced by first minister John Swinney yesterday. Most of this is not particularly new.
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
Winds of Change on David Attenborough's Ocean (Image: Derek McArthur) This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter. At close to a century old, Sir David Attenborough is taking us on another deep dive into the life of the ocean, in a global screening event this Thursday to mark his 99th birthday – with limited screenings at Odeon cinemas across Scotland. And even the trailer is brutally frank.
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2 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
2 1/1 This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter We know certain things about the power blackout that hit most the Iberian Peninsula on Monday around 12.30pm local time, forcing Spain and Portugal to declare a state of emergency. We saw, through vivid reports, how some telephone networks went down quickly. We saw how ATMs failed. We saw how people were stranded in trains and trapped in elevators.
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Please donate to Pavi's Medical Aid for Palestinians fundraiser
Dear all, I will be participating in the 'Stride for Palestinians' fundraiser by MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) on behalf of SARE (Scottish Anti-Racism Education). Here's a link to my page - https://t.co/M3wZPfnUZU. We have exceeded our pledge of £350 very quickly. https://t.co/YBJFCgInR5
Energy pricing: 'There is already a ‘postcode lottery’ in place but one that disadvantages Scotland,' says @jackiekemp https://t.co/Bbs8U2dhuT
Brilliant work by Rebecca McCurdy this week on child poverty, with a push to increas the Scottish Child Payment
Hugely proud of this front page. The child poverty series becomes more than a series today as we call on @JohnSwinney @ScotGovFM to increase the Scottish Child Payment, giving a voice to the children in hardship. 23 charities join with us. It's time for action.
