A NEW paper outlining the “galling” ownership of Scotland’s renewable energy resources by other countries’ state-owned companies has been published.
Kenny MacAskill, the Alba MP and former Scottish justice secretary, said the paper showed the extent of nationalised energy companies operating “in Scottish waters for the benefit and ultimate profit of another country”.
Among the renewable projects the Alba depute leader has highlighted in his new report are the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, which is entirely owned by the Swedish state-run firm Vattenfall AB, and Hywind Scotland, in which both the Norwegian and United Arab Emirates governments have a major stake.
