Friday 21 October 2011

Scotland cuts subsidies for biomass and wind but not tidal

Scotland's government plans to cut the subsidies support to wind power and biomass power. The increase in subsidies “provides the underpinning support we need for investment in our Kyle Rhea tidal array project that will be offered to the market next month,” Andrew Tyler, chief executive officer of Bristol, England-based Marine Current. The government has “serious concerns” about the sustainability of wood biomass used in larger power plants, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said in a statement. “UK ambitions for large-scale electricity-only woody biomass plants are an inefficient use of a finite resource.” Read more ...
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