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Last updated: 1 November 2022

PE1885 SPICe Briefing

Key Organisations and relevant links • Scottish Government: Responsible for Scottish onshore wind policy and land use planning policy/legislation. • Community Energy Scotland: Charity working to support community bodies involved in, or looking into, renewable energy generation matters. • Scottish Renewables: Representative body for the renewable energy sector in Scotland.

Last updated: 5 November 2025

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Niall Kerr, Senior Researcher, SPICe 4 November 2025 5 Table of acronyms used to refer to organisations Acronym Full form of respondent C2050 2050 Climate Group ABCA Anderson Bell & Christie Architects ACC Aberdeen City Council AGS Auditor General for Scotland ALLIANCE Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland BE-ST Built Environment Smarter Transformation BEFS Built Environment Forum Scotland BHHPA British Holiday & Home Parks Association CCAN Cardross Climate Action Network No acronym used Climate Cafe Shetland CEP Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde CERG Climate Emergency Response Group CIAT Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists CITB Construction Industry Training Board No acronym used Colleges Scotland CreScot Creative Scotland CS Consumer Scotland No acronym used Culture for Climate Scotland CXC ClimateXChange No acronym used Cycling UK No acronym used Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network EDC East Dunbartonshire Council EHA Existing Homes Alliance EMEC European Marine Energy Centre EST Energy Saving Trust FDFS Food and Drink Federation Scotland FES Future Economy Scotland FOES Friends of the Earth Scotland GCC Glasgow City Council GGM Get Glasgow Moving HC Highland Council HES Historic Environment Scotland HfS Homes for Scotland IKEA IKEA Ltd IPPR Scotland Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland No acronym used Liquid Gas UK 6 No acronym used Logistics UK LUNZ Hub LUNZ Hub RESPECT Project MCS The MCS Foundation NECCUS North East Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage Nestrans (Regional Transport Partnership for Aberdeen City NESTRANS & Aberdeenshire) NHS Lothian National Health Scotland Lothian NFUS National Farmers Union Scotland NS NatureScot No acronym used Nourish Scotland No acronym used Orkney Islands Council No acronym used Paths for All No acronym used Peat-free Partnership Scotland Advocacy Group PHS Public Health Scotland No acronym used Perth and Kinross Council No acronym used Propertymark PS Police Scotland QS Quakers in Scotland QMS Quality Meat Scotland Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh: Air Pollution RCPE Working Group and Climate Café RICS Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RMT National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers RSPB Scotland Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland SAP Scottish Agroecology Partnership SC Scottish Care SCCS Stop Climate Chaos Scotland SE Scotland Excel SCIS Scottish Climate Intelligence Service SEDA Scottish Ecological Design Association SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency SEStran South East Scotland Transport Partnership SF Stockfree Farming SLC South Lanarkshire Council SPT Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Scottish Regional Alliance for Environmental Health and SRAEHL Learning No acronym used Seafood Scotland SSN Sustainable Scotland Network 7 StC Stirling Council SuSc Sustrans Scotland SWA Scottish Wholesale Association TACTRAN Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership No acronym used Transform Scotland UKERC UK Energy Research Centre UoGSoL University of Glasgow, School of Law UWE Bristol University of the West of England Bristol WWF Scotland World Wide Fund for Nature Scotland 8 pdf. application/pdf. 167149.

Last updated: 20 January 2026

Follow up information from meeting on 17 December 2025

Work is currently underway to identify schools for Wave 5, ensuring continued spread and scale of this impactful approach.

Last updated: 14 May 2025

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Michael Marra moved amendment S6M-17525.1— As an amendment to motion S6M-17525 in the name of Douglas Lumsden (Protecting Scotland’s Oil and Gas Industry), leave out from first “condemns” to end and insert “recognises the UK Government’s commitment to a sustainable long-term energy mix, including increased renewable sources, new modern nuclear generation as well as continued oil and gas production for decades to come; notes the loss of jobs at Grangemouth and recently announced job losses at Harbour Energy, which re-emphasise the need for a just transition plan including the immediate publication of the long-delayed Scottish energy strategy; commends the creation of Great British Energy as a publicly owned energy generation company, headquartered in Aberdeen, which will help to deliver energy security, build supply chains, create thousands of jobs across the country and reduce energy bills over the long term; welcomes the £200 million of funding committed to the Grangemouth transition as part of a clean energy future to power Scotland’s economy and communities, and calls on the Scottish National Party administration to drop its ideological opposition to nuclear power.”

Official Report Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 18 January 2022

I agree with Philip Revell. There is very little direct funding from local authorities, but most of the community land owners that we represent across Scotland have been able to access central Government funding.

Official Report Meeting date: 21 September 2022

Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 September 2022

We in Scotland can benefit from that approach, through acceleration of renewable energy projects.

Last updated: 7 May 2025

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The evidence gathered through the consultation, and wider work detailed below, will inform a refresh of our national guidance in the latter part of this year. UK Government engagement Scotland’s energy system operates within a UK framework of electricity legislation and regulation.

Last updated: 9 January 2024

Scotlands colleges 2023 Colleges Scotland sub to PAC Dec 2023

Firstly, please find attached the Draft Budget Submission for 2024/25 to the Scottish Government from Colleges Scotland. This submission set out the funding requirements for the college sector which would in turn have brought about significant returns for Scotland’s economy, c...

Last updated: 25 March 2026

Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Transport EV Incentive Schemes 202627 update 25 March 2026

Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. See  www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG      www.gov.scot ChargePlace Scotland Transition Fund (£2 mil...