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Scotland boosts renewables ambition to 30 per cent by 2020

30 June 2011 •

AMEC and EDF Energy resubmit application for 151MW Stornoway wind farm as government ups green energy targets again

The Scottish government has done it again. The UK's leading developer of renewable energy has today increased its green energy ambitions yet again, announcing a new target to supply at least 30 per cent...

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