The offshore wind industry is seeking leadership and immediate support from government and the Scottish Government is determined to provide that...

When money is short, we should ruthlessly prioritise those areas of public spending which are most likely to support economic growth, including investments in our transport and green energy infrastructure.

Scotland has unrivalled green energy resources and our new national target to generate 80% of electricity needs from renewables by 2020 will be exceeded by delivering current plans for wind, wave and tidal generation.

We need to do for energy what we have done for mobile phones: real choice for consumers in one European marketplace..

The larger the renewables industry in Europe becomes, the sooner European industry can benefit from economies of scale, ultimately making renewables more competitive.

Renewables have gone from being a sideshow to being the key solution, together with energy efficiency, for the transition to a low-carbon economy.