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Scotland needs a clear energy policy

Energy policy, specifically in increasing the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources, is one of the areas where the SNP Government in Edinburgh has notably diverged from Westminster.

The target of generating 100% of Scotland's electricity needs by 2020 has been markedly more ambitious than the CO2 reduction target set for the UK as a whole, which aims to provide 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020.

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