News reaches us that state support for large scale biomass has been reduced by more than 50%. Subsidy has been cut from 2.7p to 1p per kWH. I wonder what implication this has for Forth Ports plans to build that enormous eyesore at the bottom of our lovely street? Might it put them off?
STV Local reports that: “Calculations by environmental campaigners estimate that over a 20 year period the Leith biomass plant alone would have qualified for £800million of subsidy through the current Renewables Obligation Certificate (ROC) Scheme – even if the plant did not generate power for a fifth of the time.”
It’s hard to believe that reducing the subsidy available won’t have an impact on Forth Ports’ plans.