Ahead of the Scottish government’s forthcoming energy strategy review, WWF today called on ministers to set out plans that would secure half of Scotland’s entire energy needs from renewables. “These figures underline the fantastic progress Scotland has made on harnessing renewables, especially to generate electricity,” said WWF Scotland director Lang Banks. “However, with less than 13 per cent of our total energy needs coming from renewable sources, it’s now time to widen our attention on de-carbonising our economy beyond just our power sector. “That’s why the forthcoming review of Scotland’s energy strategy must set a target of meeting at least half of all our energy needs from renewables by 2030. In the same way ministers helped drive forward progress in renewable electricity through targets, setting higher ambition for covering all of our energy needs would help give clarity about the transition and the greater certainty to investors.”
Business Green 8th June 2016 read more »