Low carbon economy

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