Former energy minister Fergus Ewing is among a group of MSPs challenging ministers over the “lack of overall ambition” for solar power in Scotland.
The former SNP cabinet secretary has joined with others from across Holyrood to urge Net Zero Secretary Michael Matheson to back a target of having a more than tenfold expansion in solar capacity by the end of this decade.
The group of MSPs said such a move could support thousands of jobs and added that retrofitting homes with solar panels could help households make savings on their energy bills of “up to £1,500 or more” at a time of soaring costs.
