Scotland accounts for around 9 per cent of the UK's total energy consumption, but is rich in energy resources.
The great majority of the UK's oil production and around half of its gas production comes from fields based in the continental shelf around Scotland, and mines in Scotland are responsible for around a quarter of the UK's coal production.
Scotland is estimated to have 60 GW of renewable energy resources - the equivalent of three-quarters of the UK's installed electricity generating capacity. Around 20 per cent of the electricity generated in Scotland is exported to the rest of the UK.
Energy is therefore not just vital to keeping Scotland's businesses, hospitals and schools running; heating our homes; and transporting goods and people - energy also plays a key role in Scotland's economy. Scotland plays, and will continue to play, a key role in the energy economy of the UK.