Energy
October 17, 2025
Media
Various posts from articles and posts from our social media
local Issues
Scottish Policy local economies
National organisation for local economies
June 25 – Scottish policy and practice update:
October 17, 2025
Energy
October 17, 2025
Energy
Highland wind farm revolt
September 2025 – Lesley Riddoch – youTube – How are communities in the Highlands of Scotland reacting to new wind farm developments? Film about the vast expansion of wind farms in the Highlands.
October 17, 2025
Energy
Upstream – Drilling
Image of an oil rig. The operator of the Anasuria Cluster in the UK North Sea has spudded the production well for its Teal West development which is expected on stream in mid 2026.
October 17, 2025
Energy
The National – Wind Farm
PORT operator Forth Ports has announced a £50 million private investment in infrastructure at the Port of Leith after securing its largest-ever offshore wind contract.
December 2024 – The contract is for the delivery of the 1.1 gigawatt (GW) Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, which will be sited nine miles off the Angus coast and will have up to 72 turbines.
October 17, 2025
Freeports
Freeport-SEZ community group
The freeport team on X space November 2024. Have a listen.
October 17, 2025
Freeports
Indecomms – FOI
February 2024 – FOI to Scottish Government and their response. Who is responsible for the implementation of Freeports in Scotland?
October 17, 2025
Energy
Internal Market Bill
October 2023 – Scottish Parliament votes to repeal Internal Market Act.
MSPs have voted to repeal the UK Internal Market Act, which Scottish Ministers say effectively allows the UK Government take control of key devolved policy areas without the consent of MSPs.
October 17, 2025
Freeports
Green Freeports
January 23 – Ministerial statement Announcement of Green Freeeports made jointtly with the United Kingdom goverment. Firth of Forth Freeports and the Inverness and Cromarty Firth.
October 17, 2025
Freeports
Freeports – Infrastuck
March 2024 – Freeports – Who really benefits, and how? What can I do? Good article from the blog Infrastructural. with various links. European Powell, YouTube, other articles. Lots of food for thought.
October 17, 2025
Freeports
Freeports
January 2025 – Freeports and Special Economic Zones are presented by the UK Government as a great way to create thousands of new jobs in economically deprived areas. But in reality, they hand over control of large swathes of territory to private corporations to operate outside of the laws of the land and to act as a tax evasion opportunity for the benefit of large companies
October 17, 2025