Soctland to beat target of 31 percent renewables by 2011
Forget 25 percent by 2025, Scotland is on track to beat its target to get 31 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2011 and aims to one day generate all its power from green energies, the country's First Minister said Monday.
Alex Salmond, who heads the Scottish government and the National Party, was in Paris Monday to discuss the country's energy future with French oil and energy service companies.
In a joint interview with the CEO of French oil and gas engineering company Technip, Thierry Pilenko, Salmond laid out Scotland's progress in becoming a leader in renewable energy and his continued opposition to nuclear power.
Read the full report (and see a cool photo) via Reuters.
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