- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 26 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how its procurement policies promote the use of high-efficiency energy appliances in the public sector.
Answer
The Scottish Public FinanceManual, which applies to the Scottish Executive, its agencies andnon-departmental public bodies, states that all procurement of goods andservices should be based on value for money, having due regard to propriety andregularity. “Value for money” is defined as the optimum combination ofwhole-life cost, which will include running and disposal costs as well as theinitial purchase price, and quality (or fitness for purpose) to meet the user’srequirement.
The Scottish Executive doesnot prescribe what energy-related equipment should be procured by public sectorbodies. This will be a matter for the body concerned. Through the Government’sActionenergy programme, local authorities have access to free advice on goodpractice on energy management including technical information on highefficiency appliances.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many applications have been made from Scotland to the Community Energy Programme and, of these, how many have secured a grant.
Answer
To date there have been 33capital grant applications made from Scotland, and 15 have been funded. There have also been 32development grant applications made and 22 have been funded. In total Scottishbids have received £10.3 m of capital, representing 37% of the total fundinggranted throughout the UK.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with the study into energy supply and use in Scotland to inform the development of an integrated strategy for demand-side management of renewable energy, as referred to in Securing a Renewable Future: Scotland's Renewable Energy.
Answer
We are currently seekingdeclarations of interest from organisations across Europe, who wouldwish to undertake the study on behalf of the Executive. The formal tenderprocess will commence in early April.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of electricity and heating will be generated using combined heating and power (CHP) in 2020.
Answer
This is not possible topredict. The UK isbroadly on course to meet the interim CHP target of 5,000 MWe in 2005 and isnow actively working towards a target of at least 10,000 MWe by 2010.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with the study by the academic sector and Scottish transmission companies to determine how renewables generation can be matched with demand, as proposed in Securing a Renewable Future: Scotland's Renewable Energy.
Answer
Following a competitivetender exercise, the contract to conduct this study has been awarded to the University of Edinburgh. The study is expected to be completed in March2005.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will promote the use of combined heating and power (CHP) in new housing, commercial and industrial developments.
Answer
We promote the use ofcombined heat and power in partnership with the Community Energy Programme. Itis funded by the UK-wide Capital Modernisation Fund through the Department forEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs and managed by the Energy Saving Trust.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what energy efficiency measures are required in planning applications for housing, commercial and industrial developments.
Answer
The Executive supports theefficient use of energy in new developments and promotes this through planningpolicy, which recognises the benefit of good design as a means of achievingenergy conservation. This is stated in both Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) 2:
EconomicDevelopment and SPP3:
Planning for Housing (Bib. numbers 25318 and26732 respectively). Planning authorities should take this into account whendeciding planning applications.
In addition, within thebuilding regulations, there are mandatory requirements relating to the conservationof fuel and power.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in discussions with the Distributed Generation Co-ordination Group with regard to the optimisation of the potential for small-scale distributed generation.
Answer
The Distributed GenerationCo-ordinating Group (DGCG) is making significant progress on a cross-section oftechnical, regulatory and commercial issues relevant to the removal of barriersto the connection of distributed generation, including small-scale generatingtechnologies. The DGCG's second report, which will give an overview of its workfrom 1 January to 31 December 2003, will be published shortly.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) householders and (b) communities have secured grant funding for small-scale renewable projects.
Answer
Our Scottish Community &Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI) has funded approximately 43 projectsto date, including several applications by groups of householders. We willshortly be publishing case studies of projects funded by the SCHRI at
www.est.co.uk/schri.In addition, 13 projectshave been funded by the DTI’s Major Photovoltaic Demonstration Programme in Scotland todate, and 3 Scottish projects have been awarded a combined total of over £5million under the latest round of DEFRA’sCommunity Energy Scheme.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 22 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it and local authorities can provide to public sector organisations to make applications to the Community Energy Programme.
Answer
We support a post within theEnergy Saving Trust (Scotland) to provide specific help to Scottish applicants tothe Community Energy Programme. The community energy helpline is alsoavailable to all applicants.
