Energy generation

Scotland’s Energy Future

Author / Creator: Royal Society of Edinburgh

Media type: Report

Date published: 2019

There are important issues about the demand for energy and the ways in which it is used; about the supply of energy and security of that supply; and about the impact of supply and demand on our environment, on the climate, and on the lives of consumers throughout Scottish society and in Scottish business.


Public Energy Company

Author / Creator: Keith Baker

Media type: consultation response

Date published:

A publicly owned energy company to generate and deliver energy to the people of Scotland is necessary.


Feed-In Tariffs Scheme: Common Weal Consultation Response

Author / Creator: Gordon Morgan

Media type: consultation response

Date published:

Common Weal strongly disagrees with the proposal to end export and generation tariffs for renewable energy. It will be harmful to the renewable energy industry. It will not significantly reduce energy costs for consumers - they cost approximately £1 per household per year.


Powering our Ambitions: the Role of Scotland's National Energy Company and the Case for a Scottish Energy Evelopment Agency

Author / Creator: Keith Baker

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

A call for the Scottish Government to launch a National Energy Company and a Scottish Energy Development Agency.  These bodies would work together to rapidly and strategically decarbonise Scotland’s energy network whilst also supporting community energy projects and developing the new skills and technologies Scotland – and the world – will need to face the challenges of climate change and fuel poverty.