energy

Plans for a Green investment bank, to channel public and private sector investment into energy infrastructure should include basing the bank in Scotland.

SNP MEP Alyn Smith has tonight expressed his disappointment that EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has remained steadfast in his commitment to a total ban on new oil exploration in the EU.

Scotland's enormous offshore renewable energy potential has been revealed today as a new report shows Scotland's offshore resources could generate the equivalent of a billion barrels of oil worth of renewable energy each year.

SNP Energy and Climate Change Spokesman, Mike Weir MP, has hit out at UK Government energy policy following Ed Miliband’s visit to green sites in Scotland.

The SNP Government has today met with Ofgem and the National Grid to discuss transmission charging. The discussion was aimed at addressing the impact of a chaning pattern on the grid system.

The progression of plans to build an offshore electricity transmission network linking Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland have been hailed by SNP Westminster Energy spokesperson Mike Weir MP as the Scottish Government backed project moves into new phase with a feasibility study.

Alyn Smith MEP has today hailed news that the European Commission has approved a series of renewable energy projects that will receive over GBP 1.5 billion from the EU's economic recovery fund, bringing just over GBP 100 million to Scotland.

SNP Energy Spokesman, Mike Weir MP, has slammed the “shameful exploitation” of society’s most vulnerable people by energy companies and the Labour Government's failure to properly cap prices for pre-pay meters.

SNP Westminster Energy Spokesperson Mike Weir MP, has criticised Business Minister Pat McFadden for indulging his Government’s bizarre obsession with nuclear power rather than addressing the future of the oil and gas and offshore renewable industries.

Ofgem’s review of the energy market - which warns domestic energy bills could rise by 60% by 2016 - underlines the UK Government's dithering on energy investment over the last decade.