Question reference: S6W-25251
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 21 February 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs have been created in the renewables sector in the (a) Aberdeen City and (b) Aberdeenshire Council area in each of the last five years.
Answer
Statistics from the ONS Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) survey provide estimates of renewable employment statistics in Scotland. No data is available to provide additional geographic breakdowns below the Scotland level at present.
As the following table shows, the estimated number of direct jobs in renewable electricity was 9,200 in 2021, up from 5,600 in 2017.
Employment (Full-time equivalent) | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Scotland | 5,600 | 5,400 | 5,400 | 6,500 | 9,200 |
The LCREE estimates presented in the table above are survey-based and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty.