Unlocking Renewable Potential In Scotland's Crofting Counties

As we approach the summer, the longer days and improved weather will see many of us head to Scotland's crofting counties (including Argyll, Caithness, Inverness, Ross & Cromarty, Sutherland, Orkney, and Shetland) for days out or staycations. Some of us will no doubt notice the increasing number of wind turbines on hillsides and coastlines. But did you ever wonder how these wind turbines came to be, and what role crofts and the crofting counties can play in supporting renewable energy projects?

Renewable energy projects on croft land in Scotland

More than 750,000 hectares of rural land is held in crofting tenure in Scotland and the crofting counties are rich in natural resources. As a result, there has been an upsurge in the focus of croft and common grazing land as a source of onshore renewable development.