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If it were to operate on a UK-wide basis, projects that were being taken forward in waters outwith Scotland’s waters could potentially use the fund in Scottish waters to offset or mitigate activities in waters outwith Scotland’s waters.
5.2.1 Background
Energy policy is mainly reserved to the UK Government, but the Scottish Government can and has made use of devolved levers, including the land use planning system, and provision of project specific funding to encourage investment in Scotland.
Central to that programme is our £75 million investment in the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland. The advancing manufacturing challenge fund utilised European funding to draw in £15.8 million of public funding for 12 projects across Scotland, and our £26 million low-carbon manufacturing challenge fund will invite bids that encourage innovative development of low-carbon technologies or processes.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2017
r=11076&c=2030896The Committee also asked when the process of specifying the system requirements for Wave 1 benefits will start. In response, Chris Boyland, Bill Team Leader, said—
...the service and system design for wave 1, which is due in 2019, is on-going.
Were legislative consent not given and the Bill amended to exclude Scotland, Scotland could miss out on a substantial number of opportunities such as potential for Great British Energy involvement or investment in a range of clean energy sectors.
Food and Drink Federation Scotland call for a focus on reducing the cost of renewable electricity, coupled with targeted energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation grants.
The Park Ecovillage is a case study site for the InterPED project, which is funded by the European Union through UKRI and aims to maximise onsite renewable energy use.