Renewable Energy

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


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.


Rewiring Britain: How Scotland can Build the New National Grid

Author / Creator: Eddie Barnes

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

The National Grid needs changing.


DRAFT ENERGY STRATEGY AND JUST TRANSITION PLAN CONSULTATION

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2023

It is disappointing  that the current draft energy strategy does little to to get Scotland on track towards its climate targets.


Re-Booting The National Energy Company for Scotland With Geothermal Energy

Author / Creator: Douglas Chapman

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2023

Scotland more than ever needs accelerated action on the energy and the climate crisis, and yet geothermal energy, a significant and proven source of renewable energy, remains untapped 


Carbon-free, Poverty-free

Author / Creator: Keith Baker Dr Ron Mould Dr Craig Dalzell Jonathon Shafi

Media type: Report

Date published: 2019

Fuel poverty is not only worse in rural Scotland than in urban Scotland, it also has different characteristics


Scotland’s energy future – Damaged by five UK government failures

Author / Creator: Business for Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"Is the UK government preventing Scotland from reaching its renewables potential? The answer is yes!"


It's all about renewables

Author / Creator: Bill Magee

Media type: Article

Date published: 2023

"Central to how we're perceived overseas is...all all about renewables"


Scotland's energy options. SCOTONOMICS EP 67:

Author / Creator: Chris Cook

Media type: Video

Date published: 2023

Energy: It is too expensive, too much of the profit disappears from the local community and of course, too much of it is currently generated from fossil fuels. 


International Scotland

Author / Creator: Adam McGeoch

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

Scotland on the international stage relating to 

■ Business, Trade, and Tourism in Scotland

■  Invest in Scotland

■ Scotland’s Transition to Net-zero


ScotWind: Privatising Scotland’s Future Again

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

"Instead of mass-privatisation along the same lines as was done during the development of Scotland’s oil, Common Weal offers a nationalisation plan that could have been deployed using policies currently endorsed by the parties of the Scottish Government."


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


Review Of Electricity Market Arrangements

Author / Creator: Energy; Working Group

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2022

Present Market Arrangements for electricity are unsuited to a rapid and cost effective transition to a Net Zero energy system.


Heat networks - thermal energy target 2035: consultation

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Consultation paper

Date published: 2022

Consultation on heat network targets for 2035


Will Scotland be better off independent from the UK?

Author / Creator: Richard Murphy

Media type: Video

Date published: 2021

Yes. Scotland has great prospects when independent.


Will Scotland be better off independent from the UK?

Author / Creator: Richard Murphy

Media type: Video

Date published: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPzR8-xmgo

Yes, Scotland can be better off outside the UK.


UK Government sends £225 billion up in smoke

Author / Creator: Gordon Reynolds

Media type: Opinion

Date published: 2022

Scotland energy rich but forced to pay the price for Westminster’s failure


How would energy be cheaper in an independent Scotland?

Author / Creator: Business for Scotland

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

Scotland has huge potential to produce renewable electricity. At the moment, that is limited by the UK’s energy policy, and also by the outdated, privatised National Grid.