Energy

From grid connections and pumped storage to North Sea consent and household bills, decisions now approaching will determine whether Scotland builds an energy economy of its own or merely hosts infrastructure controlled elsewhere. Scotland has 1,236 renewable energy and storage projects in its planning

Torness, Dounreay and Hunterston have been placed back on Britain’s prospective nuclear map after a UK Government study found that several parts of Scotland could technically accommodate new reactors. The assessment also identified broad areas around the Firth of Forth and along the Angus