Wind power
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
How will local communities get a fair share of record investment from offshore wind farms?
Author / Creator: Alison Murray
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Scotland outstrips the world for wind FDI investment in 2022. However, community-owned wind farms generate much more benefit than commercially operated schemes.
ScotWind: Privatising Scotland’s Future Again
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
"Instead of mass-privatisation along the same lines as was done during the development of Scotland’s oil, Common Weal offers a nationalisation plan that could have been deployed using policies currently endorsed by the parties of the Scottish Government."
SCOTWIND: ONE YEAR ON
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
This report
Looks at developments in the year since the initial Scot Wind investment
Examines claims around the committed investments in Scotland to support ScotWind’s supply chain
Compares the results of the initial auction to international examples
Examines claims by the Scottish Government that it cannot, in the devolved context, keep Scotland’s energy resources in public hands.
Case studies to support scenario mapping for offshore renewable energy development economic benefits
Author / Creator: BVG Associates
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Scotland has opportunities in renewable energy by building on experience from the oil and gas, and the onshore renewables sectors. There are significant barriers, though.
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.
Incentives and Opportunities Signalled by Transmission Charges in Scotland
Author / Creator: Iain Wright
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Scotland is not well served by the UK’s National Grid and the current system restricts the development of Scotland’s renewable energy potential and leads to high charges for Scottish consumers.