How is the SNP supporting renewable energy?

Scotland has, in abundance, one of the largest concentrations of offshore engineering expertise in the world that can harness Scotland’s renewable energy potential in technologies like wind, wave and tidal power, to produce green hydrogen.

Building on Scotland’s strength in energy, the SNP will continue to develop a new programme of work within our enterprise agencies, working with companies in high carbon industries like oil and gas, to develop new technologies or access new low-carbon markets for their products, both nationally and internationally.

Scotland also needs to harness the power of all our natural resources and also enable rural and island communities to thrive.

That means getting the balance right between allowing appropriate development and protecting the environment.

As the Scottish Government the SNP will review and streamline such processes so that non-controversial renewable energy developments can be completed quickly, benefiting locals and visitors.

The current ScotWind offshore wind leasing round raises millions for the public purse. This shows the benefits that can come to Scotland from owning and developing our own natural resources to tackle climate change.

We will look at options for investing income from offshore wind leases in future projects that will tackle climate change and create a legacy for the future.

We will also continue to work to increase the proportion of any renewables developments that are made in Scotland to ensure we can support jobs onshore as well as offshore.