- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 24 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the energy used in buildings occupied by it and its agencies that have microgeneration technologies installed is derived from such technologies.
Answer
Information relating to energy produced by microgeneration technologies currently installed in buildings occupied by the core Scottish Government is not currently recorded separately. Panels for solar water heating are installed at Tweedbank in Galashiels and their energy output will be recorded through a Building Management System (BMS) to be installed later this year. As part of a current refurbishment project at Saughton House in Edinburgh, solar panels are being installed to meet some of the hot water needs of the building. This project is due to be completed in June 2010. At the new Fish Veterinary and Aquaria facility currently under construction in Aberdeen, photovoltaic panels will be fitted to meet some of the electricity supply needs of the building. This building is due for completion in August 2010. Energy produced at both of these buildings by microgeneration will in future be monitored through a BMS. The Scottish Government also continues to support renewable technologies by procuring all of the electricity required to run its buildings from renewable sources.
Information relating to energy used in buildings occupied by agencies is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 24 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of buildings occupied by it and its agencies have microgeneration technologies installed.
Answer
Panels for solar water heating are currently installed at Tweedbank in Galashiels. With the estate comprising 68 buildings, where the Scottish Government are the sole or major occupier, this represents 1.5%. As part of a current refurbishment project at Saughton House in Edinburgh due to be completed in June 2010, solar thermal panels are being installed to meet some of the hot water needs of the building. Photovoltaic panels are also being included at the new Fish Veterinary and Aquaria facility currently under construction in Aberdeen. This building is due to be completed by August 2010. The addition of microgeneration at these two sites will increase this percentage to 4.4%. Previous studies in respect of specific Scottish Government buildings have been ruled out.
The Scottish Government also continues to support renewable technologies by procuring all of the electricity required to run its buildings from renewable sources.
Information relating to microgeneration technologies installed at buildings occupied by agencies is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total value was of the approved Energy Saving Scotland home loan applications in each month since March 2009.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32380 on 23 March 2010. 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, 12 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 23 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Energy Saving Scotland home loan applications have been received in each month since March 2009.
Answer
The following table illustrates the number of loans applied for and approved, plus the value of these, under the Energy Saving Scotland home loans scheme, broken down by month since the launch of the scheme on 8 October 2009.
| Month | Number of Loan Applications | Number of Loans Approved | Value of Loans Approved (£) |
| October 2009 | 15 | 1 | 10,000 |
| November 2009 | 93 | 21 | 124,105.16 |
| December 2009 | 74 | 56 | 234,133.32 |
| January 2010 | 91 | 54 | 256,692.65 |
| February 2010 | 138 | 57 | 331,410.49 |
| Total | 411 | 189 | 956,341.62 |
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 20 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16666 by Jim Mather on 22 October 2008, what assessment it has made of the impact of any changes introduced since 1 January 2009 to the accreditation standards for installers of microgeneration equipment on the (a) cost of accreditation, (b) numbers of installers achieving accreditation and (c) number of rejections.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32370 on 19 March 2010. 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.
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- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 20 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16666 by Jim Mather on 22 October 2008, what changes have been introduced since 1 January 2009 to the accreditation standards for installers of microgeneration equipment and what the reasons are for such changes.
Answer
No changes have yet been made to the accreditation standards for installers of microgeneration equipment in Scotland. The Scottish Government recently received proposals for changes to the accreditation requirements from the industry led working group. We are currently considering these. We are committed to reach a solution that will satisfy microgeneration installers but not exclude Scottish consumers from forthcoming UK-wide clean energy cash back schemes.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a marine spatial plan for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters.
Answer
The marine spatial plan for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters is being developed in three stages. Stage 1, which sets out the existing relevant data on these waters as well as the framework for the final plan, will be published in April 2010, alongside draft regional locational guidance. Stage 2, which consists of gathering further information will take place during 2010 and stage 3; the preparation and publication of the final draft of the plan is due for completion in 2011.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for offshore wind in Scottish territorial waters has not yet been completed, given that an SEA for the rest of the United Kingdom’s territorial waters was completed in June 2009.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32077 on 15 March 2010. 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: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunities there will be for public and stakeholder participation in the preparation of the marine spatial plan for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters.
Answer
The Scottish Government intends to carry out an initial consultation on the framework and draft regional locational guidance starting in April 2010. There will be a full formal public consultation on the final draft of the marine spatial plan, in 2011.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 March 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 March 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive on what dates the (a) Marine Energy Group, (b) Marine Strategic Studies Forum and (c) Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group has met since its inception.
Answer
The Marine Energy Group has met on:
January 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
July 2009
September 2009
December 2009
February 2010.
The Marine Strategic Studies Forum has met on:
April 2009.
In addition papers have been circulated for comment regularly.
The Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group has met on:
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
March 2009
August 2009.
Representatives from the Marine Strategic Studies Forum and the Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group have also been included in Offshore Wind Strategic Environmental Assessment workshops in February 2010 and related sectoral discussions. Similarly they will be invited to take part in workshops to discuss Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group initiatives on marine planning, including the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters Marine Spatial Plan, and simplified licensing.
