Renewables dominate headlines in Germany, UK, France

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The book-writing MEP attacks the idea of making Scotland “the Saudi Arabia of renewables”, an idea The Economist sees as “not too far-fetched.” For The Economist, Scotland’s renewables industry is a strength, and the paper worries that “the biggest shadow over Scotland’s renewables industry is cast by independence” potentially making it harder for Scotland to export electricity generated by renewables to the English market.

Meanwhile French newspaper ‘Le Figaro’ prints an opinion article condemning the alleged cost of reducing nuclear energy’s share of electricity production from 75 to 50% in France, and replacing it with renewables. A previous article by the same author was called “Nuclear, a responsible and considered choice”. A very different view of nuclear is presented in The Guardian.