Low carbon benchmark for Scotland

Scotland's performance in meeting low carbon energy targets is to be tracked and analysed independently for the first time in a major study, it was announced today.

The Low Carbon Energy Review, led by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI), will include an annual survey of low carbon energy suppliers, along with expert insight into key energy issues.

SCDI chairman Robert Armour, said: "The low carbon vision for Scotland is bold and a range of high-profile targets, strategies and action plans are in place. What we must now do is benchmark Scotland's actual and forecast performance against these ambitions."

Paul Winkle, of EDF Energy's Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian, said: "Scotland rightly has set itself demanding targets for emission reduction, because it has both the skills and the technical capability to meet these."