- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the target is for the decarbonisation of electricity generation by (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15, (e) 2015-16, (f) 2016-17, (g) 2017-18, (h) 2018-19, (i) 2019-20 and (j) 2020-21.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to decarbonising electricity generation by 2030, in line with the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, through a combination of renewable electricity and fossil fuels with Carbon Capture and Storage. The target to meet an equivalent of 100% of Scotland’s electricity demand from renewables by 2020 is at the forefront of this commitment. We have no plans to set annual targets.
Working to decarbonise electricity generation by 2030 is consistent with delivering our overarching climate change obligations under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, and will be complemented by moves towards the decarbonisation of the heat and transport sectors and by addressing emissions from agriculture, land use and forestry.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it has had with the oil and gas sector in the last year to discuss improving links between it and universities and colleges.
Answer
As part of the Scottish Energy Advisory Board, the Oil & Gas Industry Advisory Group provides a forum for effective, open and informed engagement with the oil & gas sector and other relevant bodies, including universities and colleges. Membership of the group includes representatives from the Energy Technology Partnership of Scotland’s Universities, ASET International Oil & Gas Training Academy and OPITO.
The Oil & Gas Industry Advisory Group meets four times a year and is playing a key role in shaping the future of the energy sector, with focussed activity on a number of areas of strategic priority including skills and innovation. Through this group we will continue to engage with those organisations engaged in supporting the development of skills including colleges, universities and sector skills councils.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it has had with universities and colleges to discuss how they can change their curriculum to better meet the needs of the oil and gas sector.
Answer
It has been the policy of successive administrations that universities and colleges should be free to take their own decisions about the curriculum they offer based on their expertise and knowledge of economic need. We expect institutions to develop close links with the key employment sectors in the communities they serve, and to deliver programmes which support employability and competitiveness.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many more businesses will be required to pay non-domestic rates in order for its plans to increase revenue from such rates to be achieved.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2011
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much demand for heating will be met from renewables by (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017 and (f) 2018.
Answer
Indicative interim milestones towards the target to meet 11% of Scottish heat demand from renewables by 2020 were included in the Renewable Heat Action Plan for Scotland, as shown in the following table.
Interim Milestones to 2020 Renewable Heat Ambitions
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Year
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Estimated Percentage
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Forecast Installed Capacity (GW)
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GWh Used
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Actual 2009
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1.4%
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0.23
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829
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2011
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2.0%
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0.38
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1,170
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2012
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3.5%
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0.66
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2,045
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2014
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5.0%
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0.94
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2,920
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2016
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7.0%
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1.32
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4,090
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2018
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9.0%
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1.70
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5,255
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2020
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11.0%
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2.07
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6,420
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The Renewable Heat Action Plan is available online at:
http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/04154534/17
In March 2011, the Scottish Government published an update on progress towards the renewable heat target which showed the that the projection from 2013, as outlined in the Renewable Heat Action Plan, remains unchanged. The report is available online at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/Energy-sources/19185/Heat/RHiS
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much energy demand will be met from renewables by (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017 and (f) 2018.
Answer
Our ambitious targets for renewable electricity, heat and transport will require Scotland’s overall share of renewable energy to be at least 30% by 2020. We have not established interim milestones or forecasts for progress towards that target.
Achieving these targets will make an important contribution to moving Scotland towards becoming a low carbon economy. The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 requires that Scottish Ministers report whether the annual emissions targets set for each year in the period 2010-50 have been met. These reports must also contain a range of other relevant information, including details about electricity consumption and generation, which will help to show the year-on-year progress that is being made towards diversifying and decarbonising Scotland's electricity mix.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will reduce end-use energy consumption by (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017 and (f) 2018.
Answer
The Energy Efficiency Action Plan set a headline target to reduce Scottish final energy consumption by 12% by 2020. Since the report was published in October 2010, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have adjusted the baseline data on which the original start and end targets were based. The revised baseline is 159,770 GWh and the maximum consumption, to achieve a 12% reduction target, in 2020 has been adjusted to 140,600 GWh. In order to achieve the 2020 target, the Action Plan outlined suggested annual maximum consumption levels for each year up to 2020. This results in a suggested minimum annual reduction in final energy consumption of just under 1,600 GWh each year from 2009 onwards, over a 12 year period.
The updated suggested maximum consumption levels, following the revision to the baseline data by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, are:
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GWh
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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Final Energy Consumption (adjusted)
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151,781
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150,183
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148,586
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146,988
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145,390
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143,793
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- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been allocated for the Saltire Prize and from which budget line.
Answer
The Saltire Prize will not be awarded until after the end of the current spending review period and is not therefore reflected in any budget line. Some limited resources will be allocated from the general renewable energy budget to some associated items including the annual Saltire Prize medal, schools competition and promotional activity.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive from which budget line funding for the proposed enterprise zones has been allocated.
Answer
Enterprise areas are to be funded from the Enterprise Bodies Budget Line.
- Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 18 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much Scottish Futures Fund money the draft budget for 2012-13 has allocated to the Warm Homes Fund.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-02953 on 18 October 2011. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
