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To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential cumulative impact of data centres on Scotland's (a) electricity grid, (b) water resources, (c) groundwater and (d) communities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 September 2025
Instead, we are focussed on supporting growth and creating jobs by capitalising on Scotland’s immense renewable energy capacity rather than expensive new nuclear.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide its assessment of CO2 emissions data from all energy generation sources in Scotland over the last five years in a format that allows a comparison of total CO2 emitted by each type of (a) energy generation and (b) fuel use...
Criminal Justice Committee
Electronic Monitoring (Use of Devices and Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)
Electronic Monitoring (Approved Devices) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/354)
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Greenhouse Gas ...
Fossil Fuels
While their role in electricity generation has reduced significantly over the last ten years, fossil fuels remain the largest part of Scotland'senergy consumption, accounting for 76.1% in 2019.
It will make the Board subject to Scotland’s freedom of information regime, the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018.