Fergus Ewing, Scottish Energy Minister, has called on the Tory UK
government to ‘change course’ over its renewable policies have result in
the UK crashing out of the World Top 10 list of most investor-attractive
nations for investment in renewables.
As revealed yesterday in Scottish Energy News, the EY Renewable Energy
Country Attractiveness Index showed that the UK has slumped four places in
the rankings – from 8th in June 2015 index to 13th in the latest report.
Ewing said: “The Scottish Government has exceeded its target for 50 per
cent of Scottish electricity consumption to come from renewables by 2015
and last month wind turbines generated enough to supply, on average, the
electrical needs of 79% of Scottish households.
“This is a stark warning to the Tory government – they must change course
on renewable energy policy or they run the very real risk of jeopardising
UK energy security.
“In contrast, the Scottish Government is showing global leadership on the
issue – with the confirmation in March that we have powered through our
target of generating half of Scottish electricity consumption from renewables.
“But if we are to meet our ambitious renewables and climate change targets
we must go further – that’s why we will bring forward a new long term
Scottish energy strategy to make electricity cleaner, affordable and more
secure for consumers.
“The UK Government’s wrong-headed ideological attack on renewable energy
threatens to undermine the good work being done in Scotland to grow
renewable generation – they must change course and give the renewables
industry the support it requires to flourish.”
0 Comments