Renewable energy and Crofting

You don’t have to venture far in the crofting counties before you spot wind turbines of all sorts of sizes. By its very nature, croft land is very rural and tends to occupy vast, hilly areas across the Highlands and Islands, making it prime territory for capturing our natural wind supply.

Some proposed energy infrastructure developments are situated in crofting land. © Luca / AdobeStock

I think most accept that we need to transition away from fossil. . .