- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed (a) directly and (b) indirectly in the renewable energy industry in each of the last five years, also broken down by sector.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
The Scottish Government''s Renewable Energy Action Plan will include an analysis of economic development opportunities and future potential for growth across the renewable energy sector. The Scottish Government will work with Scottish Enterprise on commissioning a study to establish a baseline for employment in the sector.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it predicts that the growth in green jobs will be in each of the next five years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20171 on 5 February 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed in green jobs excluding renewable energy and waste management but including biofuels, construction and sustainable design, organic farming, eco-tourism and outdoor recreation, cleaner technologies and carbon sequestration, and consultancy and energy audits in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it predicts the growth of the renewable energy sector will be in each of the next five years, also broken down by sector.
Answer
The Scottish Government has set a target to generate 50% of Scotland''s electricity demand from renewable sources by 2020, with an interim milestone of 31% by 2011. The renewables capacity installed, consented and under construction now exceeds the capacity we estimate will be necessary to meet the 2011 milestone. The targets are not broken down by sector.
Our Renewable Energy Action Plan will be published in the summer and will set out our strategic vision for the development to 2020 of key areas of the renewables sector.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive by how much the renewable energy sector has grown in each of the last five years, also broken down by sector.
Answer
As a key indicator for the growth of the renewables sector, the following table shows figures for electricity generation from renewable sources in Scotland for each of the last five years, broken down fuel source. This information is taken from the September 2008 edition of
Energy Trends, published by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) and available online at:
www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/energy/statistics/publications/trends/index.html.
Electricity Generated from Renewable Sources in Scotland, in Gigawatt Hours (GWh)
| Year | Hydro | Wind and Wave | Landfill Gas | Other Biofuels1 | Total Renewables2 |
| 2003 | 2,902.0 | 448.9 | 228.0 | 145.5 | 3,724.5 |
| 2004 | 4,474.8 | 848.4 | 339.2 | 169.8 | 5,832.2 |
| 2005 | 4,612.2 | 1,280.9 | 395.4 | 197.2 | 6,485.6 |
| 2006 | 4,224.9 | 2,022.9 | 424.0 | 291.2 | 6,963.0 |
| 2007 | 4,697.3 | 2,644.0 | 486.5 | 398.4 | 8,226.2 |
Notes:
1. Other biofuels includes biofuels co-fired with fossil fuels.
2. Components may not add exactly to totals because of rounding.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the green jobs strategy introduced by the previous administration and what targets the Scottish Government aspires to for growth in the green job sector, including renewable energy.
Answer
The Green Jobs Strategy was published in June 2005 and implemented under the previous administration. A fresh approach has been taken by this Scottish Government under the Government Economic Strategy, which sets out how we will achieve our overall purpose to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth. Delivery is underpinned by a national performance framework of strategic targets, outcomes and indicators, including the Greener Strategic Objective to improve Scotland''s natural and built environment and the sustainable use and enjoyment of it.
On 2 February we announced ten energy pledges, aimed at ensuring that Scotland gains maximum economic advantage from the move towards a low-carbon economy, including jobs in renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean fossil fuel technology.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a formal definition of green jobs and, if so, what it is.
Answer
The 10 pledges for a Greener Deal for Scotland, announced on 2 February, make reference to the employment potential for greener jobs within the following sectors: renewable energy, clean fossil fuel technologies, energy efficiency, low carbon transport and renewable heat.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 5 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it predicts the growth in (a) direct and (b) indirect employment in the renewable energy sector will be in each of the next five years, also broken down by sector.
Answer
Our Renewable Energy Action Plan, to be published in the summer, will include an analysis of economic development opportunities and future potential for growth across the renewable energy sector.
Estimates set out in the UK Renewable Energy Strategy consultation suggest the potential for 160,000 renewable energy related jobs UK wide over the next decade. The Scottish Government believes that Scotland has the potential to create at least 16,000 such jobs.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what it predicts the growth in employment in the waste management and recycling sector will be in each of the next five years.
Answer
It is difficult to predict what the growth in employment will be in the waste management and recycling sectors over the next five years, particularly given the current economic climate.
However, the on-going review of the National Waste Plan will attempt to address this by identifying where employment opportunities could arise. Consultation on a draft of the National Waste Plan will begin around June 2009.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 January 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 January 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed in the waste management and recycling sector in each of the last five years.
Answer
It is difficult to provide exact figures on the numbers employed in these sectors over the last five years, particularly as the Office for National Statistics counts those employed in waste management as including those working in sewage and sanitation.
However, the figures sourced from the Office for National Statistics under the Annual Business Inquiry are as follows (rounded to nearest hundred):
| | Recycling | Sewage, Refuse Disposal and Sanitation |
| 2003 | 1,000 | 13,300 |
| 2004 | 1,100 | 12,300 |
| 2005 | 1,400 | 13,100 |
| 2006 | 1,600 | 14,100 |
| 2007 | 1,300 | 13,700 |
