A NEW north to south electrical spine could be created and used to allow green energy generated off the coast of Scotland to be transported to England as part of a £60 billion plan, according to a new report.
It said: “Great Britain is about to embark upon the biggest change to the electricity network since the high voltage transmission grid was established back in the 1950s.”said the level of emission reductions needed for Scotland to reach its 2030 target is now “beyond what is credible” to achieve. It continued to say that the grid of the future will source electricity from locations spread across the country to take into account different weather conditions.
“Investment in renewable energy generation has exceeded investment in transmission capacity over the past decade, resulting in bottlenecks on the electricity network,” it said. However, the construction of new wind and solar farms can often be met with opposition from local community groups with the UK Government recently suggesting communities impacted by new infrastructure should be given “substantial” financial incentives to win local support.