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Question reference: S7W-02067

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Stephen Gethins on 19 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the land area that would be required to accommodate 5.4GW of ground-mounted solar capacity by 2035, based on an illustrative scenario in which 60% of Solar Energy Scotland’s 9GW ambition is delivered through ground-mounted solar, and, if so, what (a) land area, in hectares, and (b) percentage of Scotland’s total land area this would represent.