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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
What have you disproved? spiderplant did not claim the interconnectors were in Scotland nor that we currently enjoyed a surplus in exporting electricity.
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His post was meant to disprove that Scotland wouldn't have a limited set of customers for their renewable energy, it doesn't. What other purpose could his post attempt to serve? I didn't claim that there were no UK interconnectors, just that there weren't sufficient possibilities and demand for Scottish based interconnectors(on land or sea) to generate the necessary tax income.
After independence, they wouldn't be able to sell it to France, Belgium, Norway etc. France doesn't need it, and Norway is likely to have it's own wind power. Even if the Scots could sell it, they would be competing against Norway.
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Norway does not actually need offshore wind farms for power - nearly all its electricity comes from renewables already - but instead sees the sector as a means of helping its vast oil and gas industry secure a new, low-carbon business model for the future.
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Like oil, Norway would export the offshore wind it produces. In 2020, hydro and onshore wind power accounted for more than 98% of Norway's record high electricity production of 154.2 terawatt hours (TWh), generating net exports of 20.5 TWh, data from regulator NVE showed.
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Geographically land wise, Scotland is isolated, apart from access via England.