'50,000 people working in Scottish renewables sector' | Other News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Scottish Renewables added that the findings reinforced its call for the UK Government to remove barriers to investment and put renewable energy at the heart of its economic growth and industrialisation plans ahead of the Autumn Budget on 28 October.
62% : Scottish Renewables chief executive Angela Hepworth said: "Scotland's renewable energy industry is a major engine of economic growth, supporting nearly 50,000 jobs and generating almost £15 billion of output.
61% : Onshore wind supported 17,825 FTE jobs, followed by hydropower with 4,100 and renewable heat with 3,025.
60% : Offshore wind supported the most employment of any renewable energy technology in 2024, accounting for an estimated 18,800 FTE jobs across Scotland.
58% : Industry generates £14.9bn in economic output and £5.1bn in GVA Scotland's renewable energy industry supported an estimated 49,200 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs and generated £14.9 billion in economic output in 2024, according to new research.
58% : " University of Strathclyde Professor of Economics and Head of the Economics Department Stuart McIntyre said: "This latest report highlights that Scotland's renewable energy sector contributes much more than the energy it generates.
58% : " The report covers 2023 and 2024, combining Office for National Statistics survey data with a model of the Scottish economy because renewable energy is not separately identified in the National Accounts.

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