Savings made by householders who are linked to Wick's low-carbon district heating scheme will be "unbelievably substantive", Raymond Bremner says.
Better than a fixed cash payment is a share in ownership of each farm, says Inverness and Nairn MSP.
MORAY charities and good causes delighted with Just Transition windfall.
Numerous homes in communities on the far north coast were without electricity on Friday morning after unexpected power cuts in the area.
Numerous homes in communities on the far north coast were without electricity on Friday morning after unexpected power cuts in the area.
Electricity is understood to have been restored to most homes affected by a large power cut south of Inverness.
News of the contract was described as "really heartening" by Caithness business leader Trudy Morris
More then 200 customers are affected by the outage in Strathdearn, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has confirmed.
The two turbines associated with a proposed battery storage unit at the Causewaymire have been ditched by the developers.
Hundreds of people in Caithness were hit by power outages on Sunday morning as the county recovers from the battering caused by Storm Babet.
