Energy
Answer:
To meet future demand and ensure energy security we will need to double the amount of currently-installed renewable generation. It will also need a lot of energy storage. We have much more marine energy to generate hydrogen than we need for domestic and heavy goods transport. These resources are potentially an amazing export opportunity.
Full answer here: Energy resources of Scotland
A Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities
Author / Creator: Community Land Scotland
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
Against a backdrop of challenges and opportunities in transitioning to a net zero society, a coalition of community sector organisations – including Community Land Scotland, Community Energy Scotland, Development Trusts Association Scotland, Scottish Communities Finance and Scottish Community Alliance – have come together to issue the following calls for action on behalf of communities across Scotland. Contained in this document are Our Seven Calls to Action to government, industry, and communities to create a Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities
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.
Record renewable energy output
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Article
Date published:
Green sector delivered more electricity than Scotland used for first time.
No New Peterhead Gas
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Article
Date published:
SSE and Equinor have submitted a planning application for a new gas burning power station at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. The application is for an additional plant alongside the existing Peterhead gas burning power station, which is already Scotland’s single biggest polluters.
Hydrogen backbone worth £26 billion a year to the Scottish economy
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
A ‘hydrogen backbone’ - a pipeline for Scotland to export green hydrogen straight to Germany could be worth billions to the Scottish economy and help boost Europe’s move to net zero.
Three reasons why Scotland needs independence more than ever
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2023
1. The UK is not prepared to reform the Union to accommodate real Home Rule for Scotland
2. Scotland’s energy potential is being squandered – again
3. Brexit is decimating the Scottish economy
DRAFT ENERGY STRATEGY AND JUST TRANSITION PLAN CONSULTATION
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2023
It is disappointing that the current draft energy strategy does little to to get Scotland on track towards its climate targets.
Wellwashing. Why a superficial approach to Wellbeing Economics will fail
Author / Creator: Iain Black
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2023
An approach to economics that increases as maximises wellbeing must do so despite and regardless of the impact this approach would have on growth.
UK Government sends £225 billion up in smoke
Author / Creator: Gordon Reynolds
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2022
Scotland energy rich but forced to pay the price for Westminster’s failure
A Better Nation: The Challenges of Scottish Independence: The Challenge of Scottish Independence
Author / Creator: Simon Barrow
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
Drawing on a range of original thinkers from a wide range of backgrounds, the book tackles key issues about money, culture, equality, energy, borders, jobs, Europe and other ‘big questions’ head on.
Bought and Sold for Corporate Gold
Author / Creator: Jonathon Shafi
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
the sale of Scotland’s renewable energy to private corporations is a serious impediment to independence.
Can Scotland afford to go it alone?
Author / Creator: Ruth Strachan
Media type: Article
Date published:
With every passing election, Scotland seems to move closer to independence. Investment Monitor explores the obstacles the country would face should it leave the UK.
Scotland has got what it takes to be an independent country
Author / Creator: Olaf Stando
Media type: Political Party Paper
Date published: 2020
Independence is about the right of people in Scotland to decide their own future
- We’re the ideal size
- Scotland is a wealthy nation with a big economy
- We’re educated and talented
- We have extraordinary energy resources
- We export high quality produce and goods
- We are at the cutting edge of the industries of the future
- We’re big enough, rich enough and smart enough – even opponents of independence believe so
21 For 21: The Climate Change Actions Scotland Needs Now
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
21 Policies that would enable Scotland to meet our responsibilities as laid out by the 2021 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
The Future of Low Carbon Heat For Off-Gas Buildings
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
The primary barrier to the roll-out of low carbon heat is financial. Efficient schemes will have to be government financed. Biofuels may play a significant role in rural heating where they can seamlessly replace off-grid heating without the need to install new infrastructure.
Resilient Scotland; Part One
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2021
The Scottish National Investment Bank should act as a bank and capitalise from sources such as pension funds. It should lend to the public and the private sector. Public procurement should have the public policy goal of supporting Scottish business and achieving the maximum number of manufacturing jobs.