Motion For Debate · S2M-01185.2 · Session 2
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Amendment to S2M-01185 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
The amendment
As an amendment to motion S2M-01185 in the name of Mr Jim Wallace (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency), leave out from “endorses” to end and insert “notes the increasing scepticism about the achievability of the Scottish Executive’s targets for renewable energy from a number of sources, including former Energy Minister Brian Wilson MP and UNISON; further notes the publication of reports from the Royal Academy of Engineers and Professor David Simpson of the David Hume Institute on the costs of wind power generation as against other generation methods; regrets the current rush to develop onshore wind capacity to the exclusion of other technologies such as hydro, wave, tidal and biomass, and calls on the Scottish Executive and Her Majesty’s Government to work together to develop an energy strategy for Scotland which will include a mix of generating capacity, with components from renewables, gas, coal and nuclear power.”
Vote
No recorded vote on this amendment. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.
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Supporters
No MSP has added their name to this amendment.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-01185.2 by reference.