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Annex B Organisational Roles
The Scottish Government works in partnership with a range of organisations:
- The Scottish Government works to deliver the Government's high level Energy policy objectives set out at the beginning of this policy overview. The Enterprise, Energy and Tourism Directorate includes staff who assist Ministers in exercising the Government's devolved powers in renewable energy, the promotion of energy efficiency, and in consenting for power generation. The Directorate also pursues Ministers' objectives in relation to the operation of energy markets, energy transmission, the development of the electricity grid, and supporting new technologies such as carbon capture and storage. All this involves interaction with the EU, the UK Government and regulatory bodies such as OFGEM.
- Within the Scottish Government the Energy team must work closely with The Climate Change & Water Industry Directorate who lead on the Scottish Climate Change Bill and Emissions Trading, which are strong features of Energy policy. The Transport Directorate is responsible for the development and implementation of policy on Transport emissions, low carbon transport, and biofuels. Policy on alleviation of Fuel Poverty is led by Housing & Regeneration Directorate.
- Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise ( HIE) are responsible for promoting the contribution of energy businesses to economic growth. Their energy teams aim to help grow Scotland's share of global energy markets, further develop renewable energy ventures and make the most of decommissioning opportunities in nuclear and oil and gas sectors. The Networks support the sector through a range of programmes for companies in the oil and gas, renewable energy and conventional power generation sectors. They provide a variety of grant and funding options to companies developing new products and technologies - particularly ground-breaking ones.
- Scottish Development International ( SDI) is managed in partnership between the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and HIE. Its role is to broaden Scotland's international appeal as a first choice source of knowledge and to assist the growth of the Scottish economy, by encouraging inward investment and helping Scottish-based companies develop international trade. In the Energy sector, SDI aims to develop and build upon Scotland's world-class expertise in oil and gas, wind, marine, fuel cells, biomass, carbon capture and storage, and subsea engineering. It does this by providing advice to inward investors on locations, recruitment, training, market advice, and the promotion of partnerships for Scottish companies with overseas investors to open up new channels for overseas exports, markets and technologies.
- Scotland Europa is a partnership of public, private and voluntary bodies that have combined to provide a central point of contact for Scotland in Europe. Based in Brussels, it promotes Scotland's interests to the key institutions of the EU and has direct links to the regions of Europe. In Energy policy, Scotland Europa has been responsible for providing intelligence and research on the development of the European Union's Energy & Climate Change policy, working closely with the Scottish Government's European Office. It hosts seminars for a wide range of interested parties, to promote Scotland's Energy interests amongst the EU institutions, and leads on the coordination of applications for research and innovation funding from EU programmes such as FP7 and Intelligent Energy.
- The Energy Technology Partnership ( ETP) draws together all the key Scottish university-based research and development teams involved in energy technologies. It is founded on the principle of research pooling, and acts as a common platform for seeking funding from UK and international funding bodies and industry. It is working to develop Scotland's basic, strategic and applied energy research agendas, building capacity, reputation and capability, bidding for collaborative work and performing the overall role of co-ordinating Scotland's energy research activities
- The Scottish European Green Energy Centre ( SEGEC) is a collaborative partnership between the Scottish Government, Scotland Europa, ETP and the European Union, which will work to promote EU-wide deployment of renewable and low carbon energy technologies. Its principal task is to develop networks and partnerships with research and deployment bodies for green energy technologies in other EU member states. It will build on the many existing EU-wide projects underway in Scotland, and strengthen them to build a core cluster of research expertise in green energy for the EU.
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