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Question reference: S6W-44226
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy policy, what its response is to reported concerns that an electricity grid in Scotland supplied solely by renewable sources of generation cannot provide synchronisation, grid stability and sufficient protection against the risk of brownouts and blackouts, and what its position is on how any reliance on renewable sources of electricity can maintain supplies, particularly during periods in winter when there can be little wind or solar power produced for several days.
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