Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-03390 by Fergus Ewing on 2 November 2011, where it believes the 52 megawatts of capacity will be deployed; whether the 50p per annum projected cost to consumers is based on spreading the Renewables Obligation cost over a UK or Scottish consumer base, and, if the former, what the cost to Scottish consumers alone would be for 52 megawatts of distributed generation.
The location of marine renewables projects around Scotland will be a matter for developers, subject to their obtaining both a site lease and the necessary marine license from the Scottish Government. The estimated additional cost incurred by this forecast capacity is based on the costs being spread across the UK – deliberately and advisedly so, since this is how the Renewables Obligation operates and will continue to do so.