Hydrogen
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
North Sea 2. The future of Energy from the North Sea
Author / Creator: Nick Butler
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
The low carbon development of the North Sea is not a new idea.
Get the future of energy right
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Video
Date published: 2023
Energy – electricity, heating and transport fuel – is crucial for the modern Scotland we live in
Why Scotland urgently needs a hydrogen pipeline to Europe
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2023
Hydrogen from renewable energy could be piped to Germany.
Scotland’s energy future – Damaged by five UK government failures
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
The UK government is preventing Scotland from reaching its full potential
Get the future of energy right
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Video
Date published: 2020
Energy – electricity, heating and transport fuel – is crucial for the modern Scotland we live in. But it can also be one of our biggest threats if we don’t get them right. It can harm our environment and play a major role in causing the climate crisis. ‘Energy inequality’ can harm the health of those who can’t afford to heat their homes. Scotland is one of the few countries in Europe which does not own its energy publicly and the only one that doesn’t own its own National Grid.
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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
Energy Strategy Consultation
Author / Creator: Susan Brush
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2017
This paper
― Urges the Scottish Government to add a “just and fair transition” of jobs to the low carbon economy.
― Has concerns about continued use of fossil fuels and carbon capture.
― Strongly supports exploration of alternative energy carriers, such as hydrogen.
― Supports the priority of increasing renewable generation.
― Views that increasing the flexibility, efficiency and resilience of a future energy system as fundamentally essential to underpin a future energy system
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.