- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the introduction of the proposed permitted development rights for domestic microgeneration equipment is likely to have on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises.
Answer
The Regulatory Impact Assessment, accompanying the proposed Order, indicates that the microgeneration industry is characterised by small scale firms. The removal of the requirement to obtain planning permission aims to promote micro-generation technologies and will benefit those companies looking to develop and refine such products and install and maintain them.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the economic impact on the microgeneration industry of the introduction of the proposed permitted development rights for domestic microgeneration equipment.
Answer
A Regulatory Impact Assessment was completed and published on the Scottish Government Planning website to accompany the proposed Order. It considers the impact upon businesses to ensure the proposed Order is developed with a full consideration of this impact. The assessment can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/National-Planning-Policy/themes/renewables/RIA.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of CO2 are likely to be reduced through the introduction of the proposed permitted development rights for domestic microgeneration equipment.
Answer
The potential reduction has not been calculated. The figure would depend on numerous factors, including the type and models of technologies people choose to install; their efficiencies relative to their location and actual use, and the CO2 emissions from the mix of technologies they replace over the lifetime of the micro-generation equipment.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many households are projected to benefit from the introduction of the proposed permitted development rights for domestic microgeneration equipment.
Answer
The Regulatory Impact Assessment provides estimates of the potential microgeneration uptake, copied below (Fig 6). The figures are based on the most recently available information prior to publication, however, they do not take account of specific locational circumstances which may restrict the type of technology that could generate energy efficiently.
Figure 6. Potential Microgeneration Uptake for Scotland, Including Estimates of Thresholds (Option 3)
| | GSHP | ASHP | CHP | Biomass | Wind | Solar PV | Solar Thermal | Total |
| 2015 | 106 | 0 | 699 | 13 | 0 | 92 | 5,832 | 6,741 |
| 2020 | 122 | 0 | 4,055 | 113 | 0 | 247 | 10,652 | 15,190 |
| 2030 | 73 | 0 | 13,840 | 151 | 0 | 863 | 19,809 | 34,736 |
| 2050 | 413 | 0 | 23,286 | 6 | 0 | 4,710 | 34,559 | 62,974 |
Notes:
GSHP “ Ground Source Heat Pump.
ASHP “ Air Source Heat Pump.
CHP “ Combined Heat and Power.
PV “ Photo-voltaic.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive by how much the renewable energy sector has grown in each of the last five years, also broken down by sector.
Answer
As a key indicator for the growth of the renewables sector, the following table shows figures for electricity generation from renewable sources in Scotland for each of the last five years, broken down fuel source. This information is taken from the September 2008 edition of
Energy Trends, published by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) and available online at:
www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/energy/statistics/publications/trends/index.html.
Electricity Generated from Renewable Sources in Scotland, in Gigawatt Hours (GWh)
| Year | Hydro | Wind and Wave | Landfill Gas | Other Biofuels1 | Total Renewables2 |
| 2003 | 2,902.0 | 448.9 | 228.0 | 145.5 | 3,724.5 |
| 2004 | 4,474.8 | 848.4 | 339.2 | 169.8 | 5,832.2 |
| 2005 | 4,612.2 | 1,280.9 | 395.4 | 197.2 | 6,485.6 |
| 2006 | 4,224.9 | 2,022.9 | 424.0 | 291.2 | 6,963.0 |
| 2007 | 4,697.3 | 2,644.0 | 486.5 | 398.4 | 8,226.2 |
Notes:
1. Other biofuels includes biofuels co-fired with fossil fuels.
2. Components may not add exactly to totals because of rounding.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly in the renewable energy industry in each of the last five years, also broken down by sector.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
The Scottish Government''s Renewable Energy Action Plan will include an analysis of economic development opportunities and future potential for growth across the renewable energy sector. The Scottish Government will work with Scottish Enterprise on commissioning a study to establish a baseline for employment in the sector.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the green jobs strategy introduced by the previous administration and what targets the Scottish Government aspires to for growth in the green job sector, including renewable energy.
Answer
The Green Jobs Strategy was published in June 2005 and implemented under the previous administration. A fresh approach has been taken by this Scottish Government under the Government Economic Strategy, which sets out how we will achieve our overall purpose to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth. Delivery is underpinned by a national performance framework of strategic targets, outcomes and indicators, including the Greener Strategic Objective to improve Scotland''s natural and built environment and the sustainable use and enjoyment of it.
On 2 February we announced ten energy pledges, aimed at ensuring that Scotland gains maximum economic advantage from the move towards a low-carbon economy, including jobs in renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean fossil fuel technology.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it predicts the growth of the renewable energy sector will be in each of the next five years, also broken down by sector.
Answer
The Scottish Government has set a target to generate 50% of Scotland''s electricity demand from renewable sources by 2020, with an interim milestone of 31% by 2011. The renewables capacity installed, consented and under construction now exceeds the capacity we estimate will be necessary to meet the 2011 milestone. The targets are not broken down by sector.
Our Renewable Energy Action Plan will be published in the summer and will set out our strategic vision for the development to 2020 of key areas of the renewables sector.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed in green jobs excluding renewable energy and waste management but including biofuels, construction and sustainable design, organic farming, eco-tourism and outdoor recreation, cleaner technologies and carbon sequestration, and consultancy and energy audits in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it predicts that the growth in green jobs will be in each of the next five years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20171 on 5 February 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
