The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the UK Government will not use its powers to override planning decisions and “impose” new nuclear power stations on Scotland.
Speaking on BBC Good Morning Scotland about the newly-published energy security strategy, he said: “We are planning nuclear plants in England and Wales - we have no plans to impose nuclear plants in Scotland, that is, up for the people in Edinburgh to decide for themselves - it's a devolved issue.”
The long-awaited report includes plans for eight reactors - the equivalent of one a year - to be delivered by the end of this decade, as part of a drive for “cleaner and more affordable energy”, with the aim of 95% of electricity coming from low-carbon sources by 2030.
