Power prices
Your editorial “Economic case for fossil fuels is fading” (11 December) quotes Fatih Bisol, of the International Energy Agency saying a “historic surge in clean energy investment could create millions of jobs and increase economic growth”.
Firstly, investment in energy should be by governments, not private investors, and secondly, if clean energy includes nuclear energy then what he says may be possible.
Unfortunately it may not be possible to decarbonise the energy sector over the next 20 years by increasing renewable generating capacity. This will be achieved in Great Britain by generating 50 per cent of our electricity from nuclear and 25 per cent from gas generation with carbon capture and storage by 2040.
Our politicians seem unwilling to accept that what is needed is a national energy authority, established as a statutory body, which would be dedicated to providing the country with electricity based on security of supply, low greenhouse gas emissions and low electricity prices.
To achieve increased economic growth it is essential that the Standard Price of Electricity by 2025 be lower than its present price of 20.4 p per kWh and this will not be possible with the present form of governance of the energy sector.
C Scott, Edinburgh
Put in the picture
At COP 26 Nicola Sturgeon was busy with photo-ops and telling everyone how advanced our sustainable capabilities are, and now sufficient to meet all our needs.
Last week at her Longannet chimney photo opportunity (Scotsman, 10 December) the actual policy objectives were made clear: the SNP aims to have half of our energy needs met from sustainable sources by 2030.
As ever there is a huge gap between the SNP soundbites and photos and the real position.
Vaughan Hammond, Braco Perth and Kinross
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