Two new wind farms are being proposed for the hills above St Fillans, my Perthshire village, as renewables' share of Scotland's electricity generation soars: wind power's alone is over 72% even as I write this. One new farm, SSE's Glentarken, would have 14 turbines and generate up to 84MW. The second, Glen Lednock, from Low Carbon, would generate around 50MW from some 25 … [Read more...] about Roch the wind: industrial strategy 3 – Scotland and EU
Industrial policy
An industrial strategy for Europe
The proposed merger between car-makers Fiat-Chrysler and Renault highlights what is likely to be a growing trend in Europe over the next five years: devising and implementing an EU-wide industrial policy to take on the twin challenge of American and Chinese striving for corporate hegemony.Industrial policy in the UK in recent years has been little more than tokenism on the … [Read more...] about An industrial strategy for Europe