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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by swarnie_ on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:12AM (#26592366)
Bringing the inf. online will take time and needs government backing.

I have my issues with this Tory decade but in this small area they've absolutely smashed it out the park.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by prennert on Friday March 26, 2021 @05:05PM (#26596925)
> Energy policy in Scotland is a matter that has been specifically reserved to the UK parliament under the terms of the Scotland Act 1998 that created the devolved Scottish Parliament. However, since planning is a matter that has been devolved, the Scottish government has the ability to shape the direction of energy generation in Scotland by approving or refusing new projects.

> In 2004, the Enterprise Committee of the Scottish Parliament called for the development of a 'fully fledged' Scottish energy policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_Scotland?wpro...

The 2003 Scottish parliament was Labour, later parliaments were SNP.

Is there a UK wide energy policy that pushed aggressively for renewables?

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