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27-Jun-13, 21:14
Quotes from Rheghead on one thread
One of the schemes that Salmond has in mind is an interconnector between Scotland and Norway. He has tried to get funding from Westminster for it but no success yet. He is acutely aware that cooperation is likely to be less over the push for renewables in scotland after independence. So he needs options to export that energy. He needs to store the energy in the hydroelectric plants in Norway. Denmark already does this but at a huge cost.
Well independence does have huge implications over the transition to a low carbon economy. Currently the players are working together, UK, SNP, energy companies etc etc. However, after independence the old distribution network will still need upgrading and who pays for it? Who plans for it? Who claims the CO2 reductions to meet their legally binding EU targets? The RO in Scotland is currently working in unison with that of the rest of UK but what happens to Scottish electricity bills if there is a change? A larger incentive for wave and tidal in the Pentland Firth (3 times higher than for wind) will have a huge negative impact on Scottish bills where as currently the cost is spread across UK bills. A small country who is hugely dependent on selling renewable energy will find that companies will be increasingly reluctant to invest in Scotland as ministers will find it hard to balance the financial incentives for investment against keeping bills down.
An independent England will be not be obliged to buy in expensive Scottish energy and may seek to build more interconnectors to France and Netherlands.
But paying for it will be as the RO is 3 or 5 times higher than for wind. Over a small population the cost could cripple Scottish industry and Scottish home consumers. At the moment, the UK is keen to push renewables and the SNP are happy to reap the benefit, things will be much different after independence, I hope not though
This is his quotes from a different thread
Wind energy is now one of the cheapest forms of energy available. Any council with a spare bit of land with a good wind resource can put up a wind farm, the profits pour back into the council's coffers for OUR benefit
As I said before, the government is pushing for wind and other renewables partly because it is acutely aware that people are sruggling to pay their bills. We cannot afford to pay for more fossil fuels, we need wind energy to make fuel more affordable for the old folks.
If there is the slightest chance of Scotland voting yes for independence then wind farms should be put on hold until after the vote. According to Rheghead one of the greatest suporters of them it would cripple us,
One of the schemes that Salmond has in mind is an interconnector between Scotland and Norway. He has tried to get funding from Westminster for it but no success yet. He is acutely aware that cooperation is likely to be less over the push for renewables in scotland after independence. So he needs options to export that energy. He needs to store the energy in the hydroelectric plants in Norway. Denmark already does this but at a huge cost.
Well independence does have huge implications over the transition to a low carbon economy. Currently the players are working together, UK, SNP, energy companies etc etc. However, after independence the old distribution network will still need upgrading and who pays for it? Who plans for it? Who claims the CO2 reductions to meet their legally binding EU targets? The RO in Scotland is currently working in unison with that of the rest of UK but what happens to Scottish electricity bills if there is a change? A larger incentive for wave and tidal in the Pentland Firth (3 times higher than for wind) will have a huge negative impact on Scottish bills where as currently the cost is spread across UK bills. A small country who is hugely dependent on selling renewable energy will find that companies will be increasingly reluctant to invest in Scotland as ministers will find it hard to balance the financial incentives for investment against keeping bills down.
An independent England will be not be obliged to buy in expensive Scottish energy and may seek to build more interconnectors to France and Netherlands.
But paying for it will be as the RO is 3 or 5 times higher than for wind. Over a small population the cost could cripple Scottish industry and Scottish home consumers. At the moment, the UK is keen to push renewables and the SNP are happy to reap the benefit, things will be much different after independence, I hope not though
This is his quotes from a different thread
Wind energy is now one of the cheapest forms of energy available. Any council with a spare bit of land with a good wind resource can put up a wind farm, the profits pour back into the council's coffers for OUR benefit
As I said before, the government is pushing for wind and other renewables partly because it is acutely aware that people are sruggling to pay their bills. We cannot afford to pay for more fossil fuels, we need wind energy to make fuel more affordable for the old folks.
If there is the slightest chance of Scotland voting yes for independence then wind farms should be put on hold until after the vote. According to Rheghead one of the greatest suporters of them it would cripple us,