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A news story from this morning, which I add as grist to your (wind) mill...

'A hike in prices which could have hit wind, wave and tidal power development in Scotland is to be limited. UK Energy Minister Mike O'Brien will outline plans on Tuesday for a cap on charges in the islands when Scotland joins the National Grid next month.

From 1 April electricity supply will no longer be controlled by the major Scottish generating companies but there were fears from people opposing wind-farm development that the cost of getting the energy from 鈥榮ource to outlet鈥� would prove prohibitive.

O鈥橞rien said: 鈥淲e're ensuring, at this early stage, that remote location does not stand in the way of attracting the necessary investment鈥�.