Reading Time: 9 minutesThis blog looks at how the war in the Middle East could impact businesses and households in Scotland
Tag: Energy
Climate Change Plan: decarbonising energy supply in Scotland
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe blog looks at the detail of electricity and fuel supply in Scotland and examines what is set out in the draft CCP.
Climate Change Plan: policies, proposals and sector summaries.
Reading Time: 12 minutesBlog that sets out the approach to policy description in the draft Scottish climate change plan and summarises the details for each of the main decarbonisation sectors.
The Final Countdown to election 2026: Programme for Government 2025-26 – Building the Best Future for Scotland
Reading Time: 26 minutesThis extended, long-read blogpost provides a summary of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2025-26 and highlights areas that are likely to be of particular interest to MSPs and the Parliament over the next year.
Renewable energy map of Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlease note that SPICe is aware of some accuracy issues with the data underpinning this map. We therefore recommend that the location of a site
Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee – sectors
Reading Time: 7 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the links between the key sectors covered by the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee and climate change.
SPICe Hub: Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis mini blogpost provides a central hub for SPICe blogs that illustrate how climate change impacts on policy areas across subject committees.
Electric vehicle charging – background and FAQs – updated 2023
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog provides some background on Scottish Electric Vehicle (EV) policy and answers some EV-related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) received by SPICe.
Update blog on the Scottish carbon capture and storage cluster
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog is linked to a post from March 2023, on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and updates on some ley developments since that post.
Developing a model for parliamentary scrutiny of climate change
Reading Time: 6 minutesA behind the scenes look at work strengthening climate change scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament.