Does Scotland have enough energy resources?

Energy whether fossil, renewable or other low-carbon sources is important to the viability of an independent Scotland.

Get the future of energy right

Primary Author or Creator
Common Weal
Alternative Published Date
2020
Fast Facts

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.

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Public Energy Company – Common Weal Consultation Response

Primary Author or Creator
Keith Baker
Date Published
Fast Facts

This response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the future of energy in Scotland calls for a publicly owned energy company to generate and deliver energy to the people of Scotland.

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Feed-In Tariffs Scheme: Common Weal Consultation Response

Primary Author or Creator
Gordon Morgan
Date Published
Fast Facts

― Common Weal strongly disagrees with the proposal to end export and generation tariffs for renewable energy on 31st March 2019.

― Doing so will be irrevocably harmful to the renewable industry with the solar industry likely to be badly affected.

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Energy Performance Certificates: An Alternative Approach

Primary Author or Creator
Keith Baker
Date Published
Fast Facts

― The aims of the European Union’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which requires EPCs to be produced for all new buildings and those being sold or rented out, are fundamentally sound and should serve to drive improvements in energy performance.

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The Future of Low Carbon Heat For Off-Gas Buildings

Primary Author or Creator
Common Weal
Date Published
Fast Facts

―  We have identified no examples of low-carbon heating being taken up on a large scale without government assistance.

― The primary barrier to the roll-out of low carbon heat is financial. Efficient schemes like renewably powered district heating will have to be government financed.

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Consultation on Distribution Futures Energy Scenarios

Primary Author or Creator
Common Weal
Date Published
Fast Facts

― The Scenarios presented overestimate the number of electric cars likely to be in use in Scotland by 2050 due to underestimating the rise of home working, car sharing, internet shopping and public transport.

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