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Indeed. Orkney went the route of small scale renewables which means there is a small surplus for export. SSE built a 103 generator wind farm on Shetland that frequently stands idle as there isn't capacity further south to transmit its production.
In Scotland the biggest problem is rich landowners. They'd rather shoot grouse in the glens with their rich pals than let the common people have renewable energy.
Orkney has led the way in developing small scale renewables. The islands are self sufficient and now export electricity to the UK...
This is starting to sound like a game!
Meanwhile the Scottish Government has set up Community Energy Scotland with a view to establishing Rural Energy Hubs.
https://communityenergy.scot/projects/rural-energy-hubs/
I don't know about the rest of the UK but here in Shetland work is going ahead with small scale energy initiatives. SHEAP has operated a district heating scheme in the town of Lerwick since 1998 and has over 1,000 customers. In the island of Yell the North Yell Development Council runs a small...
Strictly speaking you should log the sales when they are made. How I do this is set up SumUp as a bank account in my software. The sales go to the SumUp account and the balance is cleared when money is received from SumUp.
I leave the bank as it is. How I do it is the have ledger accounts setup thus:
Project 1 Income
Project 2 Income
Project 1 Expenses
Project 2 Expenses
And so on.
In the charities I am treasurer of the budget holders look after the actual funds. I just seem to be the scorekeeper who sorts it...
Ship AIS tracks ship movements in real time
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:1.5/centery:52.1/zoom:6
Flight Radar tracks planes
https://www.flightradar24.com/52.22,-1.33/7
I access these via apps on a daily basis to see what is on the move around me.
Not everybody is unhappy about using automated tills. I use them whenever I can to avoid meaningless chit chat with a till operator.
Horses for courses.