There are lots of claims on how successful Germany’s renewable energy program has been. Feed-in tariffs mandated by the government guaranteed profits for windpark investors and operators. You couldn’t lose. So it seemed at first. http://notrickszone.com/
Writing for The Telegraph, the former environment secretary, Owen Paterson, says he is proud of standing up to the green lobby http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10978678/Owen-Paterson-Im-proud-of-standing-up-to-the-green-lobby.html
The UK Government’s decision today to guarantee a £230million loan to help Grangemouth Petrochemical plant take advantage of shale gas will protect hundreds of jobs in Scotland. http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2014/07/new-investment-means-scotland-can-take-advantage-shale-gas-revolution/
AND so farewell Michael Gove, who will now go down in history as the minister who got locked in the lavatory. SNIP The yawning gulf between Scottish and Westminster political culture could not have been clearer last week. Can you imagine any of these people being installed as ministers in Read more
by GARETH MACKIE THE UK government is expected to announce a cut in subsidies for small-scale hydro power schemes this week in a move that industry leaders said could kill off further investment in the sector and put Scottish jobs at risk. Trade body Scottish Renewables fears that feed-in tariffs Read more