Energy
The Economic Impact of Scotland’s Renewable Energy Sector – 2025 Update
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Renewable energy is key to reaching a net-zero economy
How to own Scottish energy
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Article
Date published:
Who owns Scotland’s energy resources is strongly relevant to Scotland’s future
Scotland is an Economic Powerhouse 2: Energy
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Scotland will thrive once it has the powers of an independent nation
Independence is Good for Business - Energy
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
High energy costs are a major burden on businesses across Scotland.
REVIEW OF MARKET ARRANGEMENTS: SECOND CONSULTATION
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2025
The government’s legal obligations to meet its 2025 and 2050 decarbonisation targets are not being sufficiently addressed.
HOW TO OWN SCOTTISH ENERGY
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2025
There are options for the public ownership of energy in Scotland
DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: VISION FOR SCOTLAND’S PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK A COMMON WEAL RESPONSE
Author / Creator: Kaitlin Dryburgh
Date published: 2025
A standard user interface and charging structure should be the keynote of a Scottish EV charging network.
Why new nuclear power is a bad way to balance solar and wind
Author / Creator: David Toke
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
We need a system where a) renewables generate the energy, b) batteries help smooth the system and where c) gas turbines or engines provide capacity rather than generate much energy.
Zonal pricing - arguing over the scraps
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Newspaper article
Date published:
The author argues that zonal pricing would not cause the significant harm to the Scottish economy which the opponents of zonal pricing say it would.
Balgy Gap and the missing loop in the grid
Author / Creator: Jackie Kemp
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Scotland doesn’t have a publicly owned energy provider, whose central mission is to ensure affordable power for citizens and businesses.
Other countries do.
Huge opportunity for Grangemouth - an independent Scotland could grasp it.
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Scotland is on the brink of discovering if a just transition away from fossil fuels will be a reality or just a slogan
Why Scottish businesses are paying the highest energy costs in the world
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Scotland is an energy-rich country - but its businesses are being forced to pay the highest prices in the world for using it
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.
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.
Why are Scots paying more for energy to power their homes?
Author / Creator: Sam Page
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Scotland hosts thousands of wind turbines, both on and off-shore, yet our energy bills remain unsustainably high
Why are Scots paying more for energy to power their homes?
Author / Creator: Sam Page
Date published: 2024
Scotland hosts thousands of wind turbines, both on and off-shore, yet our energy bills remain unsustainably high
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
Could the Scottish Government provide free gas and electricity for all?
Author / Creator: Graeme McCormick
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
The Scottish Government claims that these reserved powers restrict any actions it can take to mitigate the worst effects of the cost of energy to Scottish domestic and business consumers.
But is that really the case?