U.K. Wind Farm Ban May Cost Scotland $3.9 Billion, MPs Say
- Scotland to miss 100 percent renewables goal without subsidies
- U.K. didn’t consider Scottish views when ending wind support
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The U.K. should review its decision to ban onshore wind subsidies, a move that could cost Scotland as much as 3 billion pounds ($3.9 billion) and torpedo its clean energy targets, lawmakers said.
Scottish views weren’t considered when former Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative government said it would end new subsidies for the technology, according to a report issued Monday by the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee. Scotland currently hosts about 60 percent of the U.K.’s onshore wind capacity.