Fergus Ewing took part in Morning Call on Radio Scotland on 27th November 2014 in the course of which he said “The costs are not small of course. The cost per household of renewables is only £40.” The recording is available on BBC iPlayer until 27th December 2014. Start listening 44 minutes into the recording. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pmd64
The people of Scotland deserve the complete truth regarding the costs, to them, of renewables.
They are only being given half the story.
Is that to persuade them that all is well and the pain of paying high energy bills is worth it?
Why is the Scottish government allowing its people to be misled by the Energy Minister?
Recent revelations into the previously hidden costs of renewable energy exposes the extent of the deception. See notes to editors
The only honourable course of action is for the immediate resignation of the person responsible for these persistent publicly stated inaccuracies.
Notes for Editors
Stuart Young is a committed anti windfarm campaigner, former Chair of Caithness Windfarm Information Forum www.caithnesswindfarms.co.uk , and author of the report “Analysis of UK Wind Power Generation November 2008 to December 2010”.
Young recently made a presentation at the Scottish Rural Parliament entitled “The Road to Ruin”. This presentation charted some significant events which caused the decline of our robust and secure electricity industry in 1980 to the present day situation when major power outages are expected and National Grid places reliance on banks of highly polluting diesel generators for short term reserve.
Costs of renewables are addressed in more detail in this presentation which can be found on the Winds of Justice website along with another presentation made the same day by Christine Metcalfe entitled “Why reliable information on wind power is so important”.
U Tube videos and pdf versions of both presentations can be accessed at http://www.windsofjustice.org.uk/2014/12/why-reliable-information-on-wind-power-is-so-important/
Since the letter was drafted, the cost of visible constraint payments has topped the £100 million mark and now stands at £100,093,346 http://www.ref.org.uk/constraints/index.php
Recent press articles regarding the hidden costs of renewables exposed by a recent Freedom of Information request:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/546966/Electricity-bills-soar-250-green-policies
‘Dr John Constable, director of the Renewable Energy Foundation, said: “Nobody believes that these policies will actually deliver savings on the levels DECC are claiming.
“Looking at the price impacts is one way of getting behind the smoke. If your household is not benefiting from these particular energy-saving policies, your bill will go up.”
The impact of the rise on businesses will be passed on to consumers as well.
Dr Constable described the DECC’s omission of the price data as “scandalous”.
Contact: Stuart Young 01877 330206 or 07717 295235 – try the landline first.
Email asksyc@btconnect.com
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