A South Lanarkshire energy project has been received national recognition

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A rural project in South Lanarkshire has won a top green award.A vision for Douglas Valley known as ‘The Development Framework for the Hagshaw Energy Cluster: Planning for Net Zero’ has won a Scottish Green Energy Award in the Sustainable Development Category.The project was nominated by NatureScot and sponsored by Hitachi Energy, and the award was received by members of the team in attendance from 3REnergy, Baywa R.E., Land Use Consultants, NatureScot and South Lanarkshire Council.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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