[Watch] Pullicino dubs Muscat’s energy proposals as ‘nothing new’
Muscat's renewable energy proposals are 'nothing new' for resources minister George Pullicino
Resources and rural affairs minister George Pullicino hit out at Opposition leader Joseph Muscat's renewable energy proposals, labelling them as 'gimmicks' because they have either been implemented, in the process or included in the Budget which Labour voted against.
Addressing the media from a rooftop in Swieqi, surrounded by solar panels installed on homes through government funded schemes, George Pullicino said that it was farcical of Muscat to say he was announcing renewable energy proposals, when the truth was they were either implemented, in the process, or proposed in the Budget, which Muscat voted against.
Pullicino also criticised Muscat's plan to develop solar farms to generate energy for households.
"I have recently visited a solar farm of the sort Muscat is dreaming to develop, and this one is in Seville, Spain. To supply 70,000 households with energy generated from a solar farm, you need a space 10 times the footprint of Valletta, and also have two towers reaching 120 metres," Pullicino said.