This page is no longer updated. The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute joined forces with SCRI on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute.
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The Western Isles have the potential to be self sufficient in the production of energy from renewable sources.
There may be opportunities to "export" electricity to the mainland if the national grid infrastructure is upgraded.
Wind power has the potential to provide income to the land-owner and the local community, and has been promoted by some as a way of sustaining the local economy.