Oil cash ‘should benefit all Scots’
SHETLAND Islands Council has backed calls for Scotland to get a share of North Sea oil revenues.
Scotland has new ally for exporting power
SCOTLAND must be able to export electricity generated from renewable sources if the Continent is to achieve long-term energy goals, according to a senior European Commission official.
Renewable energy policy ‘in shreds’
THE government faced an accusation last night that Scotland's renewable energy policy was "in shreds".
Capitalise on tidal power, MSPs told
Engineers yesterday urged the Scottish Government to set up a £40million fund to help launch marine energy projects.
Government quizzed over fund for tide and wave projects
THE pot of money set aside to support wave and tidal energy projects in Scotland has run dry, Labour claimed last night.
Row after report claims oil would put Scotland in black
A political row erupted yesterday after official figures showed Scotland would have a budget surplus of more than £800million if it had a "geographical share" of North Sea oil revenues.
Call for extra incentives to tap gas fields
Alex Salmond has called for more incentives to encourage oil and gas production off the Scottish coast.
Panicking Scots rush for fuel pumps as strike looms
Motorists across Scotland ignored pleas not to panic-buy fuel yesterday as offshore operators warned the closure of the country's only oil refinery would cost the economy £50million a day.