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COUNCILS are being urged to green-light civic solar schemes as one local authority approves a landmark power project. On Tuesday, North Ayrshire Council’s administration voted to build an eco-friendly £6.7 million solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on a former landfill site to tackle fuel poverty and reduce the region’s carbon footprint. It’s hoped the Nethermains scheme will meet more than one third of the council’s current energy needs. The Labour administration will use the clean power to run its facilities at a “greatly reduced cost” in partnership with a licensed electricity third-party supplier to power. Sales to the grid could also bring in cash for the public coffers.
The Scottish government will publish a hydrogen action plan next year that will be supported by £100m in investment over the next five years to support its delivery.
A policy statement issued today confirmed the government will support the growth of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen in Scotland with a 5GW target by 2030 and at least 25GW by 2045.
It said 5GW would be enough to power the equivalent of 1.8 million homes.
The statement can be found here.
Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said: “We are the first country in the UK to publish a Hydrogen Policy Statement that sets out how we can make the most of Scotland’s massive potential in this new sector.