{"id":"2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","language":"en","title":"Scotland’s Energy Consents Unit determined 130 applications in 2025–26","summary":"The annual report records 126 consents and four refusals across applications handled for Scottish Ministers.","body":["The Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit annual report covers applications administered for Ministers from April 2025 to March 2026. It says 130 applications were determined during the financial year.","Of those determinations, 126 resulted in consent and four were refused. The report also records 32 consented battery-storage applications, 18 wind farms and 68 overhead-line cases.","These figures describe applications decided by the Unit in the stated reporting year. They are not counts of projects built, operating capacity or total electricity generation.","Published on 6 October, the report provides an administrative snapshot of the consenting workload and outcomes. Some applications may have different project sizes and statuses beyond the determination recorded. The annual totals are case outcomes for that reporting window, not a pipeline count for later years. The reporting year ended in March."],"keyPoints":["The Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit annual report covers applications administered for Ministers from April 2025 to March 2026. It says 130 applications were determined during the financial year.","Of those determinations, 126 resulted in consent and four were refused. The report also records 32 consented battery-storage applications, 18 wind farms and 68 overhead-line cases.","These figures describe applications decided by the Unit in the stated reporting year. They are not counts of projects built, operating capacity or total electricity generation."],"sections":[],"text":"Scotland’s Energy Consents Unit determined 130 applications in 2025–26\n\nThe annual report records 126 consents and four refusals across applications handled for Scottish Ministers.\n\nThe Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit annual report covers applications administered for Ministers from April 2025 to March 2026. It says 130 applications were determined during the financial year.\n\nOf those determinations, 126 resulted in consent and four were refused. The report also records 32 consented battery-storage applications, 18 wind farms and 68 overhead-line cases.\n\nThese figures describe applications decided by the Unit in the stated reporting year. They are not counts of projects built, operating capacity or total electricity generation.\n\nThe Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit annual report covers applications administered for Ministers from April 2025 to March 2026. It says 130 applications were determined during the financial year.\n\nOf those determinations, 126 resulted in consent and four were refused. The report also records 32 consented battery-storage applications, 18 wind farms and 68 overhead-line cases.\n\nThese figures describe applications decided by the Unit in the stated reporting year. They are not counts of projects built, operating capacity or total electricity generation.\n\nPublished on 6 October, the report provides an administrative snapshot of the consenting workload and outcomes. Some applications may have different project sizes and statuses beyond the determination recorded. The annual totals are case outcomes for that reporting window, not a pipeline count for later years. The reporting year ended in March.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["power","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-06","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-06","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"attribution":"© Crown copyright, Scottish Government; gov.scot content under OGL v3.0 except graphic assets and where otherwise stated","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","licence":"Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright material; exceptions apply)","licenseUrl":"https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/","name":"Scottish Government (gov.scot)","publishedAt":"2026-10-06","url":"https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26/"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-nordic-scotland-energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"geographies":[{"countryCode":"GB","role":"economic-scope","subdivisionCode":"GB-SCT"}],"measurementPeriod":null,"version":"1"}}