This is a photograph of a Scottish Power Station

10 years ago, this 5,000-acre hill-farm in southern Scotland ran 3000 sheep and 600 head of beef cattle. At that time the livestock produced 95% of the income with renewable energy (from mini hydro) contributing about 5%. Today, the farm’s renewable energy mix includes wind turbines, forestry, Combined Heat and Power (CHP), sawdust biomass residential…