The effects of Scotland’s energy insecurity are impossible to avoid.
When Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion caused global gas
prices to quadruple, household electricity bills more than doubled.
Despite the £25bn Energy Price Guarantee, it is estimated that
more than one-third of all Scottish households are in fuel
poverty as a result. Britain Remade’s Powerbook is a plan to ensure this
never happens again through a massive expansion
of clean, domestic power. Scotland possesses some of the world’s best conditions
for wind power, yet it can take up to 13 years to build
a new offshore wind farm – even though construction
itself takes no more than two years. Safe, reliable,
and low-carbon nuclear will be essential to providing
baseload energy for a majority renewable grid, but
new nuclear is effectively banned in Scotland.
There will need to be major investments into grid
infrastructure to connect new clear sources of power
to families and businesses, but at the moment projects
are on hold due to backwards looking regulation and
planning delays.
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