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Planning ELCC Community Benefits Workshops on the Active Travel priority. Photo / East Lothian Climate Hub

How to spend £4m: Workshops shape East Lothian renewables community benefits

East Lothian is laying the ground for fairer, more effective ways to link renewables benefits to the priorities of local communities. The East Lothian Climate Hub (ELCAN) is supporting East Lammermuir Community Council coordinate a series of events across the region. These will help developers match community benefits to the priorities of the communities they […]

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Peter Quinn joins ELCAN's trustees. Photo / Supplied

ELCAN trustee Peter Quinn: Why youth networks are vital in a climate crisis

Peter Quinn joins ELCAN’s board of trustees as our newest member. With a wealth of experience in business, environmental management, nature conservation and in leadership positions for boards including the Scottish Committee of UK Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, he has spent the last six years as director

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The East Lothian Hub is helping match Community Benefit funds with the priorities of locals. Photo / ELCAN

Energy benefits best practice: East Lothian’s options for community ownership

East Lothian is on the banks of becoming the UK’s capital for renewable energy. Could it be a capital for community energy, too? As soon as 2028, the beginnings of the world’s largest offshore wind farm could be delivering power via East Lothian and transformative benefits to communities. Berwick Bank is course to be the

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