Sturgeon’s Indyref dreams shattered as green energy plan scuppered by ‘creaking’ red tape

According to Mr Leask, this means that Scotland will need to build, among other infrastructure, pumped storage hydro projects in its hills.

He continued: “Basically, the country has to plan, fund and build twice as much renewables capacity by the end of the decade than has been put in place in the last 30 years.”

This means that there will be a lot of “red tape” involved to greenlight these projects. However “nobody in the industry really thinks we have enough town and country planners to do this – bluntly, due to cuts – especially senior, specialist ones”.

These are not easy decisions to make, as large-scale renewable schemes are decided by the government, while smaller ones are set by the local councils. Because of a shortage of planners, many of Scotland’s green projects could end up being tied up by red tape.

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