- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when the new arrangements to encourage investment in marine renewables, announced by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning on 7 September 2005, will come into force.
Answer
We have now commissioned a detailed study which will consider the form, extent and effectiveness of any changes which might be made to the Renewables Obligation (Scotland), the ROS, to deliver support aimed at accelerating the deployment of wave and tidal energy devices around Scotland. The conclusions and recommendations emerging from this study will form the basis of our forthcoming consultation on this and other aspects of the ROS.
Any changes thus agreed upon will be implemented in April 2007.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost has been of each unit installed under the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative, also broken down for each of the technologies supported.
Answer
The Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative funds both Householder and Community projects. The average cost (based on total project costs) per unit installed under the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative Householder stream is £5,649 and under the Community stream is £98,826. However, given the significant variation in scale between projects funded under the Community Stream, average figures are not meaningful so we have instead provided the project cost ranges.
| Technology | Householder Stream Average Cost Per Unit | Community Stream Cost Ranges |
| Solar | £3,289 | £3,528 - £132,000 |
| Wind | £16,610 | £16,950 - £45,514 |
| Hydro | £10,876 | £12,908 - £23,216 |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | £11,039 | £6,300 - £1,824,961 |
| Biomass | £8,742 | £9,131 - £530,566 |
| Biofuels | | £65,360 - £383,400 |
| District Heating | £2,975 | £142,885 - £530,566 |
| Combined Technologies | | £3,443 - £880,083 |
The following is a corrected answer (published on 29 June 2006); see below
Nicol Stephen: The Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative funds both Householder and Community projects. The average cost per unit installed under the Householder stream is £5,649 and under the Community stream is £77,515. However, given the significant variation in scale between projects funded under the Community stream, average figures are not meaningful so we have instead provided the project cost ranges.
| Technology | Householder Stream – Average cost per unit | Community Stream – Cost Ranges |
| Solar | £3,289 | £1,764 - £132,000 |
| Wind | £16,610 | £8,625 - £45,514 |
| Hydro | £10,876 | £10,108 - £35,050 |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | £11,039 | £2,200 - £177,628 |
| Biomass | £8,742 | £9,131- £201,730 |
| Biofuels | n/a | £44,460 |
| District Heating | £2,975 | £27,500 - £66,629 |
| Combined Technologies | n/a | £3,280 - £133,619 |
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many units have been installed under the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (a) in total and (b) for each of the technologies supported.
Answer
From its establishment in 2002 to date the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative has supported the installation of 351 units under the householder stream and 184 units under the Community stream. The breakdown by technology is as follows:
| Technology | Householder Stream No. of Installations | Community Stream No. of Installations |
| Solar technologies | 216 | 55 |
| Wind | 19 | 65 |
| Hydro | 1 | 6 |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | 67 | 26 |
| Biomass | 11 | 27 |
| Biofuels | | 2 |
| District Heating | 37 | |
| Combined Technologies | | 3 |
| Total | 351 | 184 |
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its 2006 target date to achieve 25% recycling rates refers to the beginning or the end of 2006.
Answer
The target in the National WastePlan is to achieve 25% recycling/composting of municipal solid waste by 2006. Weintend to measure this by taking the average of the recycling/composting ratesachieved throughout 2006.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are available to assist the occupiers of dwellings without loft spaces or cavity walls to improve standards of insulation in their homes.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is asfollows:
Under both the ScottishExecutive’s Central Heating and Warm Deal Programmes, occupiers of dwellingswithout a loft space or cavity walls can benefit from pipe and tank insulation,draughtproofing and low energy lightbulbs. Householders also receive energyadvice.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dwellings lack a loft space, thus preventing occupiers from benefiting from the loft insulation initiatives supported by energy suppliers.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is asfollows:
The 2002 Scottish HouseCondition Survey estimates that approximately 605,000 dwellings (28% of thetotal housing stock) do not have a loft space.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dwellings lack cavity walls, thus preventing occupiers from benefiting from the cavity wall insulation initiatives supported by energy suppliers.
Answer
I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland, to respond. Her response is asfollows:
The 2002 Scottish HouseCondition Survey estimates that approximately 577,000 (26% of the total housingstock) dwellings in Scotland do not have a cavity wall.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has carried out of the financial savings delivered by the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (a) in total and (b) for each of the technologies supported.
Answer
We do not have the information requested for community projects. Potential financial savings made can vary considerably between households depending on the type of technology being installed and the type and cost of fossil fuel being replaced. The figures shown below are estimates from the Energy Saving Trust of average savings per household per annum for projects supported in 2004-05 broken down by technology:
| Technology Type | No. of Projects Supported 2004-05 | Av. Saving per Household (£) | Expected Lifetime | Total Lifetime Savings |
| Solar Water Heating | 106 | 25 | 20 | £53,000 |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | 80 | 140 | 20 | £224,000 |
| Wind Turbine | 17 | 334 | 20 | £113,560 |
| Biomass | 11 | 1108 | 15 | £16,631 |
| Solar Space | 1 | 56 | 20 | £1,120 |
Household projects assisted during 2004-05 have estimated annual savings totalling £31,706 and estimated lifetime savings totalling £408,311.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by George Lyon on 19 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is concerned by the 24% drop in the population of Aberdeen by 2024, predicted by the report in October 2005.
Answer
These are projections – and certainlynot any kind of definite statement of what will happen to Aberdeen’s populationin the long-term. Although they are based on recent trends, such projections arenot able to take account of the possible impact of changes in policy, economic orsocial conditions.
We are committed to pursuinga range of policies, including the continued development of Fresh Talent, to attractbright, talented and hard working people to live and work in Scotland andto bolster the dynamism of Scottish life and the economy.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will implement an independent waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling scheme in Scotland, funded and run through the local authority network, to uphold the proximity principle and safeguard Scottish green jobs, in light of the delay in implementation of the WEEE Directive announced by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Answer
Under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive manufacturers and importers must take responsibility for, and bear the cost of, recycling and recovery of equipment. In these circumstances it would be wholly inappropriate for the Scottish Executive to assume the manufacturers’ and importers’ financial obligations.
