Scottish Daily Mail

Wind energy spin

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ENERGY Minister Paul Wheelhouse said Scotland and the UK need to ‘at least’ double the amount of energy that comes from renewables to meet climate change targets.

Thus the cost of constraint payments – when energy firms are compensate­d for turning off turbines – will double and end up on electricit­y bills causing even more fuel poverty.

This year so far, constraint payments of £835million have been added to UK electricit­y bills, of which £773million was for Scotland. Germany has the highest electricit­y prices in Europe, provided courtesy of its 29,546 wind turbines

Mr Wheelhouse used the words ‘Scotland’s S legally binding climate targets’ ta but few countries have legally le binding Climate Change Acts. The T others only made promises which w are already being broken.

CLARK CROSS, Linlithgow,

West Lothian.

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