SNP Gets Slagged on Renewables Inaction
Apr. 28th, 2008 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webfarmerMore on the haps in Scotland. Looks like the wrong direction on the metrics.
Blowing Hot and Cold Over Wind Power - Scotsman - Business - 26 Apr 08
"According to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), the wind power industry body, there has been a downwards trend in the number of wind farm planning applications in Scotland. There were applications for 2,221MW in 2004, 1,779 in 2005, 1,107 in 2006, 563 in 2007, and 65 so far this year. The SNP administration's decision on LWP has led to widespread criticism of its policies on green energy, or rather, the sparsity of them. There are 27 wind farm projects before the Scottish Government's Energy Consents Unit. Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has repeatedly talked up the nation's capacity for generating green power, but the detail of his intentions has so far been scarce."
Blowing Hot and Cold Over Wind Power - Scotsman - Business - 26 Apr 08
"According to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), the wind power industry body, there has been a downwards trend in the number of wind farm planning applications in Scotland. There were applications for 2,221MW in 2004, 1,779 in 2005, 1,107 in 2006, 563 in 2007, and 65 so far this year. The SNP administration's decision on LWP has led to widespread criticism of its policies on green energy, or rather, the sparsity of them. There are 27 wind farm projects before the Scottish Government's Energy Consents Unit. Alex Salmond, the First Minister, has repeatedly talked up the nation's capacity for generating green power, but the detail of his intentions has so far been scarce."
