Tag: longannet
Shale gas and nuclear: The economic and moral bankruptcy of UK...
Today the first tanker load of US shale gas arrives at the INEOS plant in Grangemouth, as part of a massive investment by the chemicals...
Longannet to close ‘in a year’ after losing grid bid, says...
By a Newsnet.scot Reporter
Longannet power station is to close next year, after its operator Scottish Power lost out to Scottish and Southern Energy in...
Longannet under threat from ‘illogical’ and unfair grid charges
By a Newsnet.scot Reporter
The row over allegedly unfair transmission costs which threaten the survival of the Longannet power station in Fife has taken a...
Clarity demanded from Alexander after UK coalition’s Carbon Storage confusion
By a Newsnet reporter The SNP have demanded clarity from the UK Treasury over the status of the £1 billion Carbon Capture and Storage...
UK coalition’s ‘green credentials’ in tatters as Huhne refuses to clarify...
By a Newsnet reporter The SNP has attacked the UK government after Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne refused to confirm an earlier commitment...
Claims Longannet CSS was sabotaged to pay for projects south of...
By a Newsnet reporter The Scottish National Party has accused the UK government of deliberately sabotaging the world leading Longannet CSS project, and that London...
LibDems attack Salmond over Longannet carbon capture stance
By a Newsnet reporter The LibDem’s energy spokesman at Holyrood, Liam McArthur, has called on Alex Salmond to stop attacking the decision to scrap the carbon...
SNP calls for reversal of Longannet ‘betrayal’
By a Newsnet reporter The SNP has called on the UK coalition to reverse its decision to withdraw funding from the Longannet Carbon Capture...
Anger in Scotland as UK Government abandon Longannet Carbon Capture project
By a Newsnet reporter There is widespread anger after the UK government announced that it would not be funding a major green energy project...