Question reference: S6W-26264
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 19 March 2024
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the draft Bioenergy Policy Statement will be published.
Answer
The Scottish Government is pleased to announce that today we will publish the draft Bioenergy Policy Statement for consultation.
The draft Bioenergy Policy Statement is seeking views on the priorities and principles that we have set out for the use of bioenergy, as well as views on the potential to scale up domestic production of biomass via planting of perennial energy crops.
The consultative draft of the Policy Statement will be available to view on the Scottish Government website at http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781835215074 and the consultation questions will be available on Citizen Space at https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/draft-bioenergy-policy-statement-consultation . The consultation will be live for 12 weeks from today until 12 June 2024.