Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the potential economic benefits of the remote Scottish islands onshore wind projects for the (a) regional economies of the islands and (b) wider UK supply chain.

In 2013, the previous Government undertook an independent study to assess whether Scottish Island Renewables could make a cost effective contribution to meeting the UK’s renewable energy targets and to determine whether any additional measures are required to bring these projects forward. The report can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scottish-islands-renewable-project-final-report.