SCOTLAND - NOT FOR SALE

Energy is reserved to the UK government. Electricity, coal, gas and nuclear energy. Scotland has NO control over energy policy.

Scottish minsters are responsible for approving applicationss to build, opeate or modify onshore electricty generating stations with capacities exceeding 50 megawatts, as well as all applications to install overhead power lines, large oil and gas pipelines, and associated infrastructure.

All energy has been privatised.  The National grid is owned by National Grid electricty Transmission PLC in England and Wales.  In Scotland its owned by Scottish Power in the South, who is owned by Iberdrola, a Spanish company) and SSEN transmission in the north, which is 75% owned by SSE PLC, and 25% by Ontario teachers pension plan board. SSE moved its UK business into a new Swiss holding company in case it may be placed back into public ownership.

Wind produced 30.1 TWH electricty in 2024. Scotland continues to produce more electricty than it needs. In 2024 it  exported 19.7 TWH of net electricty to other UK nations.  Scotland does not own the electricty it generates.

Battery storage in Scotland expected to grow six times from the 4.5 GW installed today to 27 GW by 2030.

Europe’s largets battery-storage facility, Blairhillock, between Inverness and Aberdeen currently delivers 200MW for 2 hours, with plans to expand capacity to 300 MW. Once fully operational, the site could generate enough electricty to meet the needs of roughly 33 million households,  at an estimated cost £150 million.

Building has started on a 300 MW battery storage facility in Kilmarnock, and the ground is being prrepared for a similar 400 MW installation  at Eccles in the Scottish Borders.