Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumption was from renewables

Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by lizknope on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:59AM (#26592216)

I thought Scotland DID have a large oil sector.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_oil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Scotland%27s_oil

You can argue whether it is Scotland's or the UK's but I live in the US and it is up to Scotland and the UK to sort out independence and their place in the EU.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by jariel on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:50AM (#26593513)

They did, but according to their stats Scotland has 100K people 'dependent' on the sector, Alberta alone has 400K. Alberta is 4.5M pop. Scotland is 5.5M.

Alberta will unfortunately not be able to turn those Oilsands dredgers into windmills.

The windmills will probably be made and installed by totally unrelated entities.

If I were the King of Alberta I would play all my cards on some kind of carbon capture tech because it's not entirely infeasible. Maybe not for cars, but for installed engines and there will be plenty of demand for fuel if it can be used without CO2 emissions especially.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by batpangolin on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:17AM (#26592439)

Yes, in fact the 'jobs split' between Scotland and England is probably more in Scotland's favor than any putative split of the oilfields after Scottish independence would be.

There is a concentration of oil infrastructure in Scotland and oilfields which would be in English territorial waters are serviced from Scotland.

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