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April 16, 2006
Scotland holds the line?
JACK McConnell issued a defiant warning that he would decide on new nuclear power stations for Scotland, and he would not be swayed by Westminster or by lobbying from his own Labour movement.
This followed a resolution at the Scottish Trades Union Congress to support a new generation of nuclear power stations. McConnell insisted that the decision on whether Scotland should have a new generation of nuclear stations would not be influenced by political considerations. Planning decisions had to be taken purely on planning grounds, he said. Scotland’s powers under the Electricity Act, have to be used very carefully indeed and that is “why we await the [CoRWM] report on nuclear waste." [1] A new expert study for local authorities, by energy consultancy, Garrad Hassan, says that the Scotland could meet its future energy needs by replacing nuclear power with wind and other renewables. [2]
[1] Scotsman 13th April 2006
[2] Sunday Herald 16th April 2006
Garrad Hassan report
Posted by peter at April 16, 2006 05:57 PM