Renewable Energy
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
Driving Growth: Innovation and Sustainability in Scotland
Author / Creator: Driving Growth: Innovation and Sustainability in Scotland
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Energy transition and digital transformation present enormous opportunities
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
Glasgow Data Catalogue 2025
Author / Creator: Chrissie Blair
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Data on environmental, energy, transport, economic, health, and inequality indicators relevant to the City of Glasgow
Scotland’s clean energy revolution must be community-centred
Author / Creator: Community Land Scotland
Date published: 2025
The rural communities of Scotland are shouldering the weight of renewable energy developments and are often seeing failing public transport and other services, closing schools, the grim reality of the housing crisis and some of the highest energy costs.
Manifesto recommendations from Scottish Community Coalition on Energy
Author / Creator: Scottish Community Coalition on Energy
Media type: Manifesto
Date published: 2024
We must enable and support increased community ownership and shared ownership of new and existing electricity and heat infrastructure, and fair distribution of the wealth that is being generated and consolidated through renewables
A strategy to utilise Scotland’s wind wealth
Author / Creator: Dave Pearson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Private wire systems – direct pathways from energy generation to consumption
Loadshifting – can we make better use of Scottish green electricity?
Author / Creator: Charlie McCarthy
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The basic idea is to install a household battery to every household connected to the National Grid.
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
Why Scotland's energy future shouldn't be about nuclear
Author / Creator: Amory Lovins
Media type: Opinion
Date published: 2025
Each year, nuclear adds as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days
This graph should be a rocket up the independence movement's backside
Author / Creator: Robin McAlpine
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Scotland’s position should shock you.
We are almost exactly as wealthy as the eurozone countries but we’re exporting wealth at twice the rate of even the most indebted poor countries.
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.
Things are done to us, not by us
Author / Creator: George Gunn
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
How much longer can the people of Scotland tolerate things being done to us and not by us?
COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM NET ZERO ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS CONSULTATION
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2025
The Scottish Government may not grasp the vital importance of enabling communities to have a meaningful voice or benefit relating to net zero energy developments in their locality.
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.
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
Record renewable energy output
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Article
Date published:
Green sector delivered more electricity than Scotland used for first time.
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