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¶ Wind power provided almost half of Scotland’s entire energy needs last month, According to WWF Scotland. January had 22 days when the wind generated sufficient power for every home in the country. Wind turbines supplied a total of 1,125,544 MWh to the national grid. [Scotsman]

Whitelee windfarm in Eaglesham is the UK’s largest onshore windfarm. Picture: John Devlin/TSPL

¶ Labour’s London Mayor candidate Sadiq Khan outlined his ambition to ignite a clean energy revolution in the capital, as the “greenest mayor ever.” Khan’s plans were headlined by Energy for Londoners, a not-for-profit company working to bring the city clean and green energy. [edie.net]

¶ Under a new plan from the African Development Bank to scale up power in the 54 African states by 2030, the continent needs to boost investment in energy from 0.4% of GDP to 3.4% and consider scaling down subsidies for…