I'm not sure whether this MP was in the pocket of gas, coal or nuclear interests or whatever but he successfully rounded up residents to NIMBY what would have been the biggest wind farm to date even though it would have barely have been visible.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navitus_Bay_wind_farm
I was bitter before. Doubly so now electricity prices are through the roof.
I note that the successful argument was based on the imagined impact to the tourism industry, rather than the visual effect per se.
Electricity prices would still be through the roof. The prices are all set on the international markets.
Only to the extent that electricity can be imported and exported via international connectors, which are of course limited in their capacity.
Prices are not set internationally, but domestically. Energy is not a tangible, stored commodity like coal which is internationally priced.
If what you said was true then America's electricity would be priced the same as Europe's, whereas it is way cheaper.
Therefore building out additional electricity production in the UK could well lower prices, depending on matching of demand and supply, agreed prices in contracts, length of contracts, etc, and of course whether additional connectors are deployed.
Even if you didn’t believe in man-made global warming, surely the idea of cleaner Scottish air would be a bonus.
Clearly due to the nature of grids and shared generation nobody can guarantee that all electrons used came from wind power (nor does anyone care!?!) but Scotland is an exporter of energy and at times its entire needs could be met from its renewable generation.
Not sure which part of Scotland producing lots of renewable energy you find difficult to cope with, but renewable production is here to stay, cheaper than other sources and a growing part of the mix.