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Low Carbon Economic Strategy for Scotland published
The Low Carbon Economic Strategy has been published, which outlines the Scottish Government's approach to a low carbon future.
The Strategy will focus public sector support on low carbon industries and forge new private sector and international partnerships.
Actions in the Strategy include co-ordinated support for businesses and academia in the Environmental and Clean Technologies sector and supporting the planning, design and construction of new infrastructure and the retrofit of existing facilities to support low carbon activity, such as renewable energy and electric vehicle infrastructure.
Also, supporting skills development through the Low Carbon Skills Fund and working with partners and employers to predict and respond to future skills demands.
Scotland's low carbon market was worth around £8.5bn in 2007-08 and is forecast to rise to around £12bn by 2015-16, and the country is already an exporter of low carbon technologies, with ￡845m worth of low carbon technologies exported in 2009-10.
Jobs in the low carbon sector in Scotland could rise from 70,000 to 130,000 by 2020, and offshore wind alone could bring an estimated £30bn of inward investment, and up to 20,000 jobs. Scotland already generates 22 per cent of its final electricity demand from renewables.
There are low carbon opportunities right across the economy, including resource efficiency, Environmental and Clean Technologies, forest industries, chemical sciences, tourism, financial services, ICT and agriculture.
The Strategy has been developed with, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Transport Scotland, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Development International, Scottish Funding Council, Skills Development Scotland, VisitScotland and COSLA.
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney said: "The move to a low carbon economy will see the development of low carbon goods, processes and services in rapidly expanding markets, alongside high levels of efficiency."
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