Independent Scotland would 'try to stay in UK energy market'

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Some investors are nervous about the implications of an independent Scotland

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By Karl-Erik Stromsta London

 Thursday, June 14 2012

Updated: Sunday, November 25 2012

Scotland would seek to remain part of the UK energy market if its voters approve independence in the country’s upcoming referendum, Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing says.

Ewing’s comments come with an eye towards calming investors who have grown increasingly nervous about the future stability of Scotland’s renewables market were it to secede from the UK.

“What we believe will happen in the event of a successful [independence] vote is that there will continue to be a single UK energy market,” Ewing told this week's Global Offshore Wind event in London.

“They [England] need our renewable-energy resource, and we need their demand.”

However, Ewing acknowledges that there is no guarantee the UK would allow Scotland to remain within its broader support Log in to read complete article.

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