Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog provides some background on Scottish Electric Vehicle (EV) policy and answers some EV-related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) received by SPICe.
Tag: Energy
Update blog on the Scottish carbon capture and storage cluster
Reading Time: 3 minutes This 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 minutes A behind the scenes look at work strengthening climate change scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament.
Renewable energy map of Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog allows you to explore where renewable energy projects are in Scotland. An interactive map allows you to narrow the data down by Parliamentary
Wind energy in Scotland: current position and future plans
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog sets out the background to wind energy development in Scotland, the details of the recent ScotWind seabed leasing agreements and how the Scottish
From tiny acorns, mighty net zero economies grow? Carbon capture and storage in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog explores the background to carbon capture, utilisation and storage, the proposals for the development of a Scottish Cluster, and what progress has been made so far
Green freeports in Scotland: opportunities and challenges as we transition to a net zero economy
Reading Time: 7 minutes On 13 January 2023 the Scottish and UK governments announced that the Inverness and Cromarty Firth and Forth Green Freeports had been jointly selected to
Wood burning stoves FAQs: updated February 2023
Reading Time: 5 minutes As the cost crisis continues and energy bills rise, SPICe has received an increasing number of enquiries and visits to our blog from 2019 on
Energy price crisis – current policy and outlook for 2023
Reading Time: 6 minutes Introduction Energy prices have been particularly volatile over the last 18 months. The policy response from the UK and Scottish Governments, which attempts to alleviate
Energy price crisis – impacts and remedies in Scotland
Reading Time: 9 minutes This blog explores the key drivers of energy price rises, expert commentary, and some of the responses from Scottish and UK governments.