An industry body has called for Scotland to triple the amount of renewable energy it produces within the next 15 years. Scottish Renewables said it should be possible for the country to source half of all its energy from sources such as wind farms or hydro schemes by 2030. That goal would include heat and transport, and electricity generation. Today the figure stands at 15% but Scottish Renewables said the new 50% target would be achievable. Scotland is already expected to meet a target of producing the equivalent of 100% of its electricity demand from renewable energy schemes by 2020.
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It’s becoming increasingly clear that, when 2020 arrives, Scotland will have missed its much-vaunted 100 per cent renewable electricity target. Though the reasons for that may be up for debate, few people would deny that the 100 per cent target has provided a hugely powerful focus for government and industry and helped create the green energy industry we have today; one that provides half of our electricity and supports 21,000 jobs. With almost exactly four months to go until May’s Holyrood elections, and four years until the end of the decade, now is the time to set ourselves new challenges. In the manifesto we publish today ahead of that election, we set out the case for extending our horizons beyond existing targets for 2020 and for the setting of a new vision for renewable energy in Scotland to 2030. At its heart, that vision should be designed to continue the development of our established renewable technologies while supporting the growth of new parts of the industry.
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Anne Schiffer, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth Sco tland, said: “This call from Scottish Renewables is welcome as we need a holistic approach to the renewable energy transition in Scotland that integrates electricity, heat and transport. We also need to make sure that communities don’t miss out. Therefore we are calling on the Scottish Government to increase the current 500MW target of community and locally owned energy by 2020 to 1GW and also set an ambitious target of 2GW by 2030.”
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Scottish Renewables manifesto.
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