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‘Enormous potential’: Inside Scotland’s green strategy to power the nation solely with renewables


Scotland aims to generate enough energy from green sources to cater for its own needs and to contribute to other countries’ electricity supply.

Renewable power sources generated enough energy to meet 100 per cent of Scotland’s electricity demand in 2022, recently released government data shows. However, he added that progress is being slowed by issues such as grid capacity and called on the UK government for more funding to boost advances in the renewables sector. “In a number of areas progress is being held back by factors such as grid capacity and the lack of a market mechanism for the likes of pumped hydro storage, which is why we need urgent investment from the UK government now and more consistent commitment to industry in the years ahead,” Gray said.

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