I NOTE an excellent letter from Bill Eadie (Letters, August 31) on missing
green energy jobs in Scotland. If I may add another dimension: Energy
Minister Paul Wheelhouse reiterated the Scottish Government’s position that
no nuclear power plants would be built and electricity would be generated
from renewable sources. When the lights go out this winter can we expect Mr
Wheelhouse to resign?
Wind turbine jobs were created in Germany, Denmark and Spain, not Scotland
and all 103 turbines for the Shetlands will be manufactured in Denmark. As
Mr Eadie said, the Scottish Government promised a 28,000 green energy jobs
bonanza but delivered a miniscule 1,700. Many suspect that the majority of
the 1,700 jobs involve picking up and disposing of the numerous dead birds
and bats.
South Korean firm CS Wind UK based in Machrihanish has received £3 million
in grants for its turbine manufacturing factory and may be looking for
more. The wind industry sucks in grants, constraint payments and subsidies
and spits out unreliable expensive electricity.
Clark Cross, Linlithgow
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