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Tories outline "Eco-Bonus" scheme Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 April 2007

The Scottish Conservatives have set out plans for an ‘Eco-Bonus’ scheme designed to benefit those who install technology to produce green energy.

Speaking in Edinburgh today, deputy leader Murdo Fraser unveiled proposals for a £12 million package of green incentives in the form of grants to households, small businesses and communities.

The Conservatives hope to encourage the installation of energy saving and energy creating technologies such as solar power or wind turbines, which, Fraser said, would be subsidised under the scheme:

“Households and small businesses will be able to apply for a grant of 60 per cent of the installation costs, up to £4,000. Communities, for example a housing association or a community council, could be awarded up to £100,000.”

This announcement comes in the wake of a WWF Scotland report that yesterday singled out the Scottish Conservatives as the party whose policies would produce the biggest rise in Scotland’s ecological footprint.

While Fraser was keen to stress the importance of the plan in addressing global warming he also noted possible money saving for the consumer from reduced energy costs as well as the potential boost to the renewable energy sector.

The WWF offered measured support for the proposal endorsing it as “a good idea” but also saying that “alone it is nowhere near enough to prevent Scotland's ecological footprint increasing”.
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