Scottish government plays down green energy independence fears

BusinessGreen: The rest of Britain will need Scotland's green energy regardless of whether it achieves independence, Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing told MPs in Westminster yesterday. Giving evidence to the Energy and Climate Change Committee's inquiry into an independent Scotland, Ewing said Scotland's target of generating 100 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2020 would mean the country single-handedly meet 30 per cent of the UK government's renewable electricity requirements. "Renewable...

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