A blueprint for a National Energy Company that would own Scotland’s energy infrastructure and a Scottish Energy Development Agency to determine where future infrastructure should be built.

An alternative approach to measuring building energy efficiency.

An illustrative map – based on real Scottish geographic data – showing what a reformed former grouse moor could look like.

An assessment of the economic potential of alternative uses for Scottish land currently used for grouse shooting.

Common Weal opposes the UK government’s proposal to close the Feed-In Tariffs scheme, which was introduced in 2010 to support the adoption of small-scale, low-carbon electricity generating technologies.

This report forms Common Weal’s response to the first stage of the Scottish government’s review of building energy standards and is part of our ongoing work on energy and housing policy.

Common Weal’s response to a Scottish Government consultation on a Public Energy Company.

Scotland is not well served by the UK’s National Grid and the current system restricts the development of Scotland’s renewable energy potential and leads to high charges for Scottish consumers.

This report takes a look at the condition of the Scottish energy industry in comparison to UK and European policies, and looks into options available for Scotland to become an international leader in green technology.

This report outlines the case for public land value capture – the process by which councils, not those selling land, can benefit from the increase in land value due to changing use (such as planning permission for housing) or can reduce house prices by not passing that uplifted cost on to renters and buyers of the houses built on such land.

This consultation response from the Common Weal Energy Working Group strongly supports the idea of a national energy company which can support local energy co-operatives and small energy suppliers.

Mhairi Love looks at the case for asset based community development in the North-East of Glasgow through mapping derelict and vacant sites in the area and looking at how the Community Empowerment Act could be utilised.

This paper presents a detailed case for a Scottish National Investment Bank that would provide secure, stable finance for long term investments in Scotland.

This paper looks at the economics of shale gas extraction (“fracking”) and makes the case for Scotland to pre-emptively ban the practice.

Pete Richie is Director of Nourish Scotland, a civil society organization working for a fairer and more sustainable food system in Scotland and proposes a transformation in our food system over the next generation, from one focused on production to one focused on sustainable nutrition.