MINISTERS are calling for urgent meetings with a major power firm as fears mount over the economic impact of further delays in new grid connections for green energy.
MINISTERS are calling for urgent meetings with a major power firm as fears mount over the economic impact of further delays in new grid connections for green energy.
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David Ross Highland Correspondent
Interconnector cables are required to allow Scotland's islands to export extra energy to the mainland that will be generated from wind, wave and tidal projects in future. Their current infrastructure is at full capacity.
The Western Isles had been due to have a new connection to Lewis in place by 2015 but now that will be 2016 at the earliest, while Orkney and Shetland had been due to be connected by 2016 but now it will be 2018 at the earliest.
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