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UK government holding back Scotland’s renewable energy drive

Scotland calls on Westminster to release £200m for renewables ClickGreen , 12 Jan 2011 The Scottish government has slated the UK Treasury’s “intransigence” for stalling on the transfer of nearly £200 million it has earmarked to invest in the region’s renewable energy industry.

Scotland was last year promised it would receive a £185 million fossil fuel levy from North Sea oil by the Westminster coalition government.

But following a high-level meeting today between the Secretary of State for Energy Chris Huhne and Scotland’s Finance Secretary and Energy Minister, the ruling SNP party at Holyrood has renewed its call for the cash to be released, which it wants to use to support the country’s offshore power potential…..

Scotland calls on Westminster to release £200m for renewables > National News > News | Click Green

January 13, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, UK