Low carbon industries in Scotland generated £10.7 billion in turnover and
supported 43,500 jobs in 2014 – according to the latest data from the
British government.

In the first ever figures from the Office of National Statistics to include
direct and indirect jobs, this accounts for 12.9% of the total UK turnover,
and 9.7% of the total employment, in the sector – both higher than
Scotland’s share of the population, reinforcing the importance of low
carbon industries to the Scottish economy.

The ONS figures on the low carbon and renewable energy economy in the UK
for 2014, the latest year that figures are available, also show:

For onshore wind, Scotland has 46.2% of all UK employment and 57.2% of all
UK turnover
Supply chain activity accounted for £5.1 billion, or 47.7%, of total
turnover and 21,500, or 49.4% jobs, higher than England (46.2%) and Wales
(45.7%). Supply chain activity was marginally higher in Northern Ireland
(50.0%)
In low carbon electricity generation, Scotland has 18% of all UK employment
and 23.6% of all UK turnover in this sector
For low carbon heat, Scotland represents 16% of all UK employment and 14.9%
of all UK turnover in this sector.

Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said: “Scotland’s low-carbon
energy industries – and their supply chains – generated almost £11 billion
in 2014 and supported thousands of high-value jobs.

“The Scottish Government strongly supports development of renewable energy
and provisional energy statistics show that renewable energy sources
accounted for more than 56.7% of gross electricity consumption in Scotland
in 2015.

“However, recent UK Government decisions continue to create serious
uncertainty across the sector. Delays in announcing which technologies will
be supported in the next round of auctions that support the renewable
energy sector, for example, are putting at risk existing investments made,
and jobs created, in developing renewable energy projects.

“These figures underline both the huge opportunity that decarbonising our
energy system presents, as well as the critical importance of continuing to
support the sector properly – encouraging investment, generating value, and
creating jobs across Scotland.”

The low carbon industries being measured cover those industries operating
in the low carbon electricity, low carbon heating, energy from waste &
biomass, energy efficiency products, low carbon services and low emission
vehicles & infrastructure sectors.

These figures are different to the Low Carbon Economy: Size and
Performance” report published by DECC in March 2015
(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance).
The methodologies are different and the figures are not directly comparable


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