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2. Desired outcomes
The Scottish Government's purpose is
To focus government and public services on creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth
Energy policy can contribute to economic growth while at the same time helping ensure that growth is sustainable. Energy use is one of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions, emissions which threaten the sustainability of our planet. However, it is clear that there is an opportunity to exploit Scotland's comparative advantage in energy resources while meeting the carbon challenge.
Scotland is particularly well equipped as far as energy is concerned with fossil fuels and renewables in abundance and the skills, expertise and infrastructure to exploit these resources.
The main objective as far as Energy is concerned is to progressively increase the generation of renewable and clean energy, to migrate Scotland away from a dependence on nuclear energy.
The secondary goal is to increase the overall impact of energy generation and related activity such that Scotland not only maximises energy exports but also maximises the retention of wealth from that activity and also from the development of skills, intellectual property rights and manufactured products.
Elements of the opportunity and challenge can be usefully set out in relation to the strategic themes underlying the Government's purpose as set out overleaf.
WEALTHIER AND FAIRER
- To promote a vibrant energy sector and supply chain which contributes to sustainable economic growth
- To promote energy developments which support and provide the stimulus for wider community generation
- To meet the above energy objectives in a way that helps reduce fuel poverty
SMARTER
- To ensure that we capitalise on the academic, engineering and North Sea skills that are available to build a renewables and wider clean energy sector that creates more intellectual property and more skills in Scotland
HEALTHIER
- To ensure more people and more communities have access to affordable energy
SAFER AND STRONGER
- To ensure that the operation of energy markets provide security of supply for Scotland
GREENER
- To promote and encourage changed patterns of energy production and generation which will reduce CO2 emissions and contribute to climate change objectives
- To promote and encourage reduced energy consumption so as to contribute to climate change objectives
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