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Energy is a key issue to the future of Scotland’s economy. Rising prices and growing concern over climate change, mean that increasing numbers of organisations are changing the way they use and source their energy needs in order to drive down costs and cut their impact on the environment. Equally, Scotland’s leading edge research in technologies such as carbon capture, wave and tidal power, offers huge economic opportunities with the growing global demand for sustainable energy.

For these reasons, SCDI has put Scotland’s energy future at the heart of its policy process. We have submitted a detailed response, setting out the threats and opportunities for Scotland, outlining the case for a balanced energy mix. We have commissioned international energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie to look at how we can deliver an affordable, reliable and secure energy supply for Scotland in 2020 and beyond. And finally, on 09 September over 260 delegates from business, local and national government, trades unions and the Scottish Parliament participated in our conference on Scotland’s Energy Future.

More information on each of these activities is available on each section, but please get in touch if you want to discuss any aspect of our work on Scotland’s Energy Future. We look forward to adding your voice to the debate.

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SCDI Publishes Major Report on Scotland's Energy Future

Scotland’s Energy Future Conference

SCDI Sets Out Need for Balanced Energy Policy

SCDI has published a major independent study into the future of electricity generation in Scotland in response to widespread concerns over the economic impact of rising energy prices and uncertainty over Scotland’s future energy mix.

Click here to read more and to download the full report.

For all the presentations and

discussion from our sell out

conference on Scotland’s

Energy Future click here

SCDI has urged MSPs to support

a balanced mix of lower carbon

conventional energy supply and

more renewable energy to maintain

and strengthen Scotland’s export

credentials in clean energy in

its submission to the Economy,