{"version":"1","article":{"id":"scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","slug":"scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=en","title":"Scotland determined 130 energy consent applications in 2025–26","summary":"Scotland’s Energy Consents Unit determined 130 applications in 2025–26: 126 were consented and four refused.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-10T15:42:15+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T15:42:15+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-03","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Scottish Government — Energy Consents Unit annual report 2025–2026","url":"https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26/","publishedAt":"2026-10-06","checkedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"İskoçya enerji izinleri: 2025/26 mali yılı kararları","en":"Scottish energy consents: financial-year 2025/26 decisions","ar":"موافقات الطاقة الاسكتلندية: قرارات السنة المالية 2025/26","fr":"Autorisations énergétiques écossaises : décisions de l’exercice 2025/26","es":"Autorizaciones energéticas escocesas: decisiones del ejercicio 2025/26"},"description":{"tr":"1 Nisan 2025–31 Mart 2026 arasındaki idari karar sayıları.","en":"Administrative decision counts from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.","ar":"أعداد القرارات الإدارية من 1 أبريل 2025 إلى 31 مارس 2026.","fr":"Nombre de décisions administratives du 1er avril 2025 au 31 mars 2026.","es":"Número de decisiones administrativas del 1 de abril de 2025 al 31 de marzo de 2026."},"methodology":{"tr":"ECU yıllık raporunun başvuru sonuçları tablosu. 130 karar, 126 izin ve dört reddin toplamıdır; 12 geri çekilme ayrı bir sonuçtur. Alt gruplar genel toplamla toplanmaz. Mali yıl kesin tarih aralığıyla gösterilir; başvuru adedi kurulu güç veya işletmeye alınmış tesis ölçüsü değildir.","en":"ECU annual-report application-outcomes table. The 130 determinations comprise 126 consents and four refusals; 12 withdrawals are a separate outcome. Subgroups must not be added to the overall total. Exact dates identify the financial year; application counts do not measure installed capacity or commissioned facilities.","ar":"جدول نتائج الطلبات في تقرير ECU السنوي. تشمل القرارات الـ130 عدد 126 موافقة وأربعة رفض، أما 12 سحباً فهي نتيجة منفصلة. لا تُضاف المجموعات الفرعية إلى الإجمالي. تحدد التواريخ الدقيقة السنة المالية، ولا تقيس أعداد الطلبات القدرة المركبة أو المنشآت المشغلة.","fr":"Tableau des résultats du rapport annuel ECU. Les 130 décisions comprennent 126 autorisations et quatre refus ; les 12 retraits sont distincts. Les sous-groupes ne s’ajoutent pas au total. Les dates précisent l’exercice financier ; ces nombres ne mesurent ni capacité installée ni sites mis en service.","es":"Tabla de resultados del informe anual ECU. Las 130 decisiones incluyen 126 autorizaciones y cuatro rechazos; las 12 retiradas son independientes. Los subgrupos no se suman al total. Las fechas delimitan el ejercicio fiscal; estas cifras no miden potencia instalada ni instalaciones operativas."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-consents-unit-annual-report-2025-26/"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-10T12:05:31Z","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Karara bağlanan başvuru","en":"Applications determined","ar":"الطلبات التي تم البت فيها","fr":"Demandes examinées","es":"Solicitudes resueltas"},"value":130,"unit":"count","period":"2026-03-31","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"scotland-energy-consents-determined","unitCode":"count","geography":"scotland","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2025-04-01"},{"label":{"tr":"İzin verilen başvuru","en":"Applications consented","ar":"الطلبات الموافق عليها","fr":"Demandes autorisées","es":"Solicitudes autorizadas"},"value":126,"unit":"count","period":"2026-03-31","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"scotland-energy-consents-consented","unitCode":"count","geography":"scotland","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2025-04-01"},{"label":{"tr":"Reddedilen başvuru","en":"Applications refused","ar":"الطلبات المرفوضة","fr":"Demandes refusées","es":"Solicitudes rechazadas"},"value":4,"unit":"count","period":"2026-03-31","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"scotland-energy-consents-refused","unitCode":"count","geography":"scotland","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2025-04-01"},{"label":{"tr":"Karara bağlanan Section 36 başvurusu","en":"Section 36 applications determined","ar":"طلبات المادة 36 التي تم البت فيها","fr":"Demandes Section 36 examinées","es":"Solicitudes de la Sección 36 resueltas"},"value":61,"unit":"count","period":"2026-03-31","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"scotland-section36-determined","unitCode":"count","geography":"scotland","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2025-04-01"},{"label":{"tr":"İzin verilen Section 36 başvurusu","en":"Section 36 applications consented","ar":"طلبات المادة 36 الموافق عليها","fr":"Demandes Section 36 autorisées","es":"Solicitudes de la Sección 36 autorizadas"},"value":57,"unit":"count","period":"2026-03-31","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"scotland-section36-consented","unitCode":"count","geography":"scotland","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2025-04-01"},{"label":{"tr":"İzin verilen Section 37 havai hat başvurusu","en":"Section 37 overhead-line applications consented","ar":"طلبات خطوط النقل الهوائية من المادة 37 الموافق عليها","fr":"Demandes de lignes aériennes Section 37 autorisées","es":"Solicitudes de líneas aéreas de la Sección 37 autorizadas"},"value":68,"unit":"count","period":"2026-03-31","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"scotland-section37-overhead-consented","unitCode":"count","geography":"scotland","frequency":"irregular","aggregation":"flow","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2025-04-01"}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26/data/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26/data/scotland-energy-consents-annual-report-2025-26?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit annual report, published on 6 October, summarised applications administered on behalf of Scottish Ministers from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The Unit received 139 applications and determined 130 during the reporting year: These 130 decisions comprised 126 consents and four refusals. Separately, 12 applications were withdrawn and are outside the determination total. The totals received and determined differ because cases can carry across reporting periods. An application count is not a measure of project capacity or the number of facilities built.","Of the 130 determinations, 61 were Section 36 cases. Fifty-seven were consented and four refused; all four refusals concerned wind farms. A further 68 overhead-line applications under Section 37 were consented. The report also lists consent for 32 battery energy storage systems, 18 wind farms, five hybrid projects, one solar project and one gas pipeline. These categories cover different statutory application types and do not all follow an identical process or technical scope.","Decision counts do not provide the amount of generation or storage capacity. The report does not substitute these counts for a total in megawatts, storage duration or annual energy expected to be delivered to the grid. Thirty-two battery consents therefore cannot be read as 32 equally sized batteries or as a particular combined capacity. Consent, construction and operation are separate stages; a decision does not show that a facility has been built or is running.","The Unit reported that determination times varied by technology and case stage. Average overall time was 1,427 days for applications referred to the Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA), compared with 567 days for those not referred. Six Section 36 applications went to DPEA, where a reporter-led examination and possible public inquiry add steps. These are averages for different groups of completed cases, not promised timetables or targets for every new application.","One wind-farm decision counted among the consents was later subject to judicial review and returned for further consideration. The report therefore records how legal proceedings can affect case outcomes after the reporting period. Its figures describe the consent authority’s caseload and decisions; they do not establish how much renewable generation will actually be added or determine Scotland’s energy balance. The financial-year dates and the report’s 6 October 2026 publication date are distinct."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Scotland’s Energy Consents Unit determined 130 applications in 2025–26: 126 were consented and four refused.\n\nThe Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit annual report, published on 6 October, summarised applications administered on behalf of Scottish Ministers from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The Unit received 139 applications and determined 130 during the reporting year: These 130 decisions comprised 126 consents and four refusals. Separately, 12 applications were withdrawn and are outside the determination total. The totals received and determined differ because cases can carry across reporting periods. An application count is not a measure of project capacity or the number of facilities built.\n\nOf the 130 determinations, 61 were Section 36 cases. Fifty-seven were consented and four refused; all four refusals concerned wind farms. A further 68 overhead-line applications under Section 37 were consented. The report also lists consent for 32 battery energy storage systems, 18 wind farms, five hybrid projects, one solar project and one gas pipeline. These categories cover different statutory application types and do not all follow an identical process or technical scope.\n\nDecision counts do not provide the amount of generation or storage capacity. The report does not substitute these counts for a total in megawatts, storage duration or annual energy expected to be delivered to the grid. Thirty-two battery consents therefore cannot be read as 32 equally sized batteries or as a particular combined capacity. Consent, construction and operation are separate stages; a decision does not show that a facility has been built or is running.\n\nThe Unit reported that determination times varied by technology and case stage. Average overall time was 1,427 days for applications referred to the Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA), compared with 567 days for those not referred. Six Section 36 applications went to DPEA, where a reporter-led examination and possible public inquiry add steps. These are averages for different groups of completed cases, not promised timetables or targets for every new application.\n\nOne wind-farm decision counted among the consents was later subject to judicial review and returned for further consideration. The report therefore records how legal proceedings can affect case outcomes after the reporting period. Its figures describe the consent authority’s caseload and decisions; they do not establish how much renewable generation will actually be added or determine Scotland’s energy balance. The financial-year dates and the report’s 6 October 2026 publication date are distinct.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"energy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/energy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic energy landscape with solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines.","language":"en"}}}