Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 542

Renewable Energy: Scotland

Tabled: 17 July 2024

Answered: 24 July 2024

Question

Martin McCluskey

Labour — Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent estimate he has made of the value to the Scottish economy of the renewable energy sector; and what steps he plans to take to support that sector.

Answer

Ian Murray

The renewable energy sector supports economic activity throughout its supply chains and this economic activity supports wage spending across Scotland. According to the Fraser of Allander Institute, a leading think-tank, Scotland’s renewable energy industr...

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