Report: Scotland set to miss 2020 renewable electricity target

Madeleine Cuff
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Scotland will miss its target of generating 100 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2020 without further investment in wind energy, study warns

Scotland will fall short of its 2020 target to generate 100 per cent of its electricity from renewables unless new price guarantee contracts are awarded to onshore and offshore wind projects, according...

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