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Orkney Islands Council

… and nations approach energy production, consumption and supply. Demonstrating that it is achievable to accelerate decarbonisation and lead by example in reaching the Scottish Government net zero carbon emission target by 2045 as suggested the Committee on Climate Change in May of 2019. 10 The Surf ‘n’ Turf and BIG HIT Hydrogen projects active in Orkney are demonstrating the principles of green…

… by 2045 and England by 2050 13 Scotland Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of at least 80% by 2050 Climate Change (Emission Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill 2018 Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of at least 75% by 2030 and 90% by 2040 Public Bodies Climate change duties 2011 Climate responsibility for public bodies Scottish Energy…

… local electricity demand from renewable sources there are periods of import from the wider UK network and as such Orkney’s electricity generation is broadly classified along the same lines as the rest of the UK. 15 Figure 4. Orkney Carbon Emission Estimated by sector, Kt/CO2 and Orkney’s comparative carbon emissions figures with Rest of UK average, per head of population – Source: BEIS…

… generation is broadly classified along the same lines as the rest of the UK. Figure 4. Orkney Carbon Emission Estimated by sector, Kt/CO2 and Orkney’s comparative carbon emissions figures with Rest of UK average, per head of population – Source: BEIS, 2016. Figure 5: Total Orkney Energy Consumption by type by sector, GWh – Source: BEIS, 2016. Industry, 71.8 Domestic, 48.7 Transport…

… Accelerate pace of clean growth Industrial Strategy 2018 UK shift to clean growth Clean Air strategy 2019 Targeted air quality reduction targets 25 Year Environmental Plan 2019 Protect air and water quality and threatened plants, trees and wildlife species Climate Change Act 2008 Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050 Road to Zero 2017 End sale of conventional petrol and diesel…