Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 2 May 2018.
Well, Cabinet Minister, it appears that one of the major obstacles to these micro schemes and the larger community schemes is—. According to Western Distribution in 2015, the grid for rural Wales was at full capacity. Is this still the case, and, if so, is the Welsh Government able to do anything to alleviate this problem?
Scotland is now a world leader in renewable energy, and part of this success is that hydro power increased last year by 9 per cent. Does the Cabinet Secretary have figures for Wales? And, Cabinet Secretary, Wales is one of the wettest places in Europe. Surely we have the potential to emulate Scotland in hydro schemes, which, after all, are far less obtrusive in our landscape than those wind and solar farms? It appears that hydro power has, for far too long, been the cinderella in the mix of renewable energies in Wales.