Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) kept under review regularly and that we will continue with that, because we recognise that we have an obligation - Speech Link
2: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) The European Greens make the case that more renewables would mean more peace, which I think that we need - Speech Link
3: Sturgeon, Nicola (SNP - Glasgow Southside) Governments—one from which lessons could perhaps be learned.I agree with Patrick Harvie that it is our moral obligation - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) We are already ahead of the rest of the UK in renewables, but we need to go further. - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) Renewables are our future, but we require a just transition and will need oil and gas for some years - Speech Link
3: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) infrastructure that will cut costs and emissions, such as energy-efficient homes and buildings that use renewables - Speech Link
4: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) day, politicians who are elected to any venue represent the people who send them there, and it is an obligation - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None guidance that does not rapidly go out of date as technology changes will always be a challenge.For the renewables - Speech Link
2: None although there are clear reasons for their being on the list.When a developer, whether in relation to renewables - Speech Link
3: None dealing with a special area of conservation—they used to be termed the European sites—there is a legal obligation - Speech Link
4: None That manifests in the form of an obligation to seek market value for commercial arrangements. - Speech Link
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Former First Minister and President of the Republic of Zambia meeting: FOI releaseFound: OFFICIAL -SENSITIVE - On renewables, HH want s to exploit the skill sets of renewable energy in Scotland
Sep. 17 2024
Source Page: Breaches of the Ministerial Code: FOI releaseFound: September 2023: Complaint about First Minister statement in Parliament about Scotland share of the UK renewables
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many businesses in the UK have Government funded solar panels.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Solar power is at the heart of our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. The funding of solar panels is typically levied on billpayers rather than through direct taxation. Mechanisms have included the Feed-in tariff, Renewables Obligation and annual Contracts for Difference Allocation Rounds. Given the complex financial environment we are unable to provide an estimate as to how many businesses benefit from Government funding.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the cost per household of government support for biomass in (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) 2026.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Government provides support for biomass, for the purpose of heat and power generation, through active and legacy policy schemes, such as the Renewables Obligation (RO) and the Contracts for Difference (CfD). The annual cost of support is dependent on variables, such as the volume of electricity generation in a given year and the wholesale cost of electricity. The Department does not hold a combined estimate of the projected cost of these schemes for “biomass” in the years listed.
Sep. 16 2024
Source Page: Recovered appeal: Portland Port, Castletown, Portland, Dorset (ref 3327692 - 16 September 2024)Found: For the reasons given she agrees with the Inspector’s conclusion that the obligation compl ies with
Sep. 12 2024
Source Page: UK energy in brief 2024Found: Does not include thermal renewables. (2) Renewable capacity is on an Installed Capacity basis.
Mentions:
1: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) obligation certificates—ROCs—to contracts for difference, happened at a key time for onshore wind, and - Speech Link
2: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) Manufacturing renewables there would be a huge opportunity, and we cannot afford to miss it. - Speech Link
3: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) Oil and gas companies, which will be with us for decades, are now also investing in renewables. - Speech Link
4: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) It is key that, when we do renewables, we also do biodiversity and tackle the nature crisis. - Speech Link