LONDON would set the levels of subsidies for Scotland's wind farms and other forms of renewable energy in the event of independence, the Sunday Herald has learned.
LONDON would set the levels of subsidies for Scotland's wind farms and other forms of renewable energy in the event of independence, the Sunday Herald has learned.
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SNP’s renewables target will be in English hands By Steven Vass
The Scottish Government has confirmed that plans to repatriate control over subsidy levels from Edinburgh to London in 2014 would endure if Scotland voted for independence.
Under the terms of the Energy Bill now working its way through Westminster, the Scottish Government would have only a consultative role over setting the subsidies, effectively putting Scotland's 2020 target to meet 100% of the country's energy needs with renewables in English hands.
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