Friday, June 23, 2006

The Scotsman - Power blackouts for Scots homes if new energy plants are not built soon

re: In Scotland, rising demand for energy is happening at the same time that plants are being shut down. The Royal Society of Edinburgh is predicting rationing by 2015 without serious investment in new power stations. The National Grid, however, "said it did not recognise the report's findings and said it had estimated in its latest seven-year report that the margin in capacity by 2012 would be 46 per cent"...

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