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N et Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Gillian Martin MSP Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy Scottish Government 22 January 2025 Dear Gillian, Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Variation) (Scotland) Order 2024 The Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee considered the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Variation) (Scotland) Order 2024 at its meeting on 14 January 2025.
Its director, Jake Swindells said: “We cannot have a situation unfold where a bill of this magnitude is waved through with potentially devastating consequences for rural Scotland and our countryside.”
In an evidence session in January this year, a Transport Scotland official told us: “We have confirmed the £20 million of funding, but it has not been drawn down yet.
Despite progress, homes and buildings still account for around 15% of Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, high energy prices put an increasing number of people at risk of living in fuel poverty unless their homes can be made more efficient through retrofitting measures such as improved insulation.
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23 February 2021
We do not underestimate the challenges ahead of us, particularly given the second wave of pandemic that we have faced, but we are confident that we can deliver the programme in August this year.
I would be grateful if you could bring the launch of this fund and the increase in funding to the attention of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
Local EnergyScotland is currently working with 15 fully consented wind farm projects, involving 8 renewable energy businesses, and totalling 141MW CSO.