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2. Energy Targets and Key Milestones for Delivery
Scotland's Targets
Scotland is currently committed to achieve a headline target of 20% of total Scottish energy use coming from renewables sources by 2020 as follows:
- Electricity - 50% of gross electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2020, with an interim target of 31% by 2011.
- Transport - 10% target for renewable transport by 2020. Set to be consistent with overall EU approach.
- Heat - 11% target of heat demand to be met from renewable sources by 2020.
Background to the calculation of Scotland's renewable energy targets, and on energy demand, can be found at Annex B.
Milestones for delivery of targets
2009
- Action Plans published: Renewables, Renewable Heat, Energy Efficiency
- Ministers to determine application for Beauly-Denny grid upgrade
- Offshore renewables infrastructure plan announced
- Marine Energy Road Map published by the Marine Energy Group ( MEG)
- Crown Estate awards its commercial Round 3 offshore wind leases
- SEGEC fully operational and promoting industry successes in Europe
- World-leading Climate Change Bill in Scotland passed by Parliament
2010
- Scottish Marine Bill passed by Parliament
- UK Renewables Action Plan submitted to European Commission
- Feed in Tariffs for (small-scale) renewable electricity introduced in the UK
- Strategic Environmental Assessment ( SEA) for Offshore Wind Energy development in Scottish Territorial Waters completed
- Saltire Prize Grand Challenge period begins
2011
- Scotland's proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources to increase to 31%
- Scotland's proportion of heat generated from renewable sources to increase to 2%
- Renewable Heat Incentive introduced
- Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme current rounds completed
2014
- Saltire Prize Output Generation Competition closes
2015
- Scotland's proportion of heat generated from renewable sources to increase to 6.5%
- Announce Saltire Prize winner
2020
- Scotland's proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources to increase to 50%
- Scotland's proportion of heat generated from renewables to increase to 11%
- Scotland's proportion of energy generated from renewable sources to increase to 20%
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