Brown: SNP must listen to experts and find a credible policy for Scotland’s energy needs

Rupert Soames, chief executive of Aggreko, has today said no industrialised country planned to lose so much of its current generating capacity as fast as Britain and that the SNP Government's targets for renewable energy are "unrealistic".

Gavin Brown MSP, Shadow Minister for Energy, said:

"The SNP needs to listen to the CEO of one of Scotland's most successful companies, a real energy expert, and find a credible policy for our energy needs.

"The chorus of criticism continues to grow against the SNP's dogmatic stance on nuclear power. Alex Salmond is refusing to face facts, as we saw last year when I exposed a Scottish Government energy report, paid for by taxpayers, which was not allowed to examine all the options. Alex Salmond's own Council of Economic Advisers has also constantly warned that Scotland needs to consider all types of energy for the future.

"It is the SNP's blinkered dogma which is threatening to turn out the lights across Scotland by refusing to consider continued nuclear power as part of the energy mix. If the SNP has its way, Scotland might go from being a net exporter of electricity to a net importer, dependent on nuclear power from across the border. We need credible solutions and we need them now."

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