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Fife tourism group to attract £2.25m of cruise ship passengers' money
Fife's economy could be boosted by between £1.1 and £2.25 million if a new group tempts cruise ship passengers into the region. (...)
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Forth Ports denies Leith move is a blow for Dundee's renewable energy hopes
The chief executive of Forth Ports has denied favouring Edinburgh over Dundee as its major offshore renewables manufacturing hub in the east of Scotland. (...)
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UK Government committee calls Forth Energy's biomass plans into question
A new report has cast doubt on Forth Energy's biomass plans for Dundee, Rosyth, Grangemouth and Leith. (...)
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'Dundee is no longer an option' — major blow as city loses bid for Gamesa wind turbine jobs
Dundee has been dealt a major blow, with wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa announcing it has ruled out building a multi-million-pound factory in the city that would have created 1,800 jobs. (...)
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Biomass casts long shadow over The Courier hustings in Dundee
Controversial plans to build a biomass generator at Dundee docks dominated The Courier's final hustings. (...)
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Biomass plant can strengthen Dundee's bid to become renewables hub
The renewables industry can give Dundee a future by supporting the employment of hundreds and indirectly thousands of its people and playing a leading role in helping Scotland meet important energy targets, according to one of the key figures in the green energy sector. (...)
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Pledge that Forth Ports sale will not affect plans to make Dundee a renewable energy hub
Forth Ports have pledged that plans to make Dundee a hub for the renewables industry as a manufacturing base for offshore wind turbines and the site of a biomass plant were unaffected by the group's £745 million sale to a private equity investment fund. (...)
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East coast authorities unite to launch offshore wind map in Brussels
An alliance of Scottish local authorities from Aberdeen to East Lothian is drawing up a map aimed at promoting coastal sites to offshore wind developers. (...)
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Call to restore gravestone of Scotland's 'second Burns' Robert Nicoll
An attempt has been launched to restore the Edinburgh gravestone of a Perthshire poet and journalist described as Scotland's second Robert Burns. (...)
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Consultation on cross-Forth passenger service
The results of an exercise to sound out interest in a cross-Forth passenger vessel service are expected to be published this month. (...)
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Fife takes delivery of salt as mercury drops once more
Further deliveries of salt have arrived in Fife to bolster supplies as temperatures plummet below freezing again. (...)
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Tayside's grit supply secure for the winter
There is enough salt to keep Tayside's roads clear through the rest of the winter, the man in charge of looking after Scotland's highways has confirmed. (...)
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Fife Council not likely to object to Dundee biomass plant
Plans for a huge renewable electricity plant in Dundee could be given the thumbs up by Fife Council. (...)
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Billy Boyd: From Lord of the Rings to Dundee Rep
Scots actor Billy Boyd was thrust into the Hollywood limelight with his role in movie phenomenon Lord of the Rings. Now he's returned to his stage roots for musical Sunshine On Leith, which opens at Dundee Rep on Tuesday. (...)
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Biomass plant plans to be lodged today
Plans to build a biomass plant at the port of Dundee will be lodged with the Scottish Government today. (...)
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MP opposed to Rosyth biomass plant plan
A Fife MP has said he is against plans put forward by Forth Energy to build a biomass power plant at the port of Rosyth. (...)
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Fury at Firth of Forth oil transfer rules delay
A government decision to postpone the introduction of new regulations aimed at controlling ship-to-ship oil transfers in waters such as the Firth of Forth to allow a review to take place has provoked a furious reaction from Scots politicians. (...)
More on: Claire Baker | Fife | House of Commons | Leith | Mark Lazarowicz
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Forth Energy confident of carbon credentials
Forth Energy has denied claims that its proposed biomass generator for Dundee docks might not be carbon neutral until the middle of the century. (...)
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Helen Eadie forced to declare Leith flat rental income
Dunfermline MSP Helen Eadie has accusations she has been abusing Scottish parliamentary expenses by receiving rent from her aide. (...)
More on: Scottish Parliament | Scottish Labour | Helen Eadie | Edinburgh | Leith
