Resources

Shetland Islands Council's Energy Development Principles provide guidance for future energy projects around Shetland.

The Islands Growth Deal is a ten-year package of investment that will seek to drive economic growth and the creation of sustainable jobs across Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides.

A strategic framework that aims to shape Shetland as a world leading green energy island

Learn how the Shetland Islands Council is tackling climate change

A pan-island distributed innovation centre that supports Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides to become lighthouse communities in the energy transition.

The Shetland Community Benefit Fund was established by Shetland's 18 community councils to negotiate and administer community benefit funding from developers of commercial renewable energy developments in the islands.

A strategic routemap for how Shetland as a whole can work towards achieving net zero … emissions

The Scottish Government's plan to ensure a skilled workforce required for a just transition to net zero in Scotland.

The Scottish Government's draft route map to deliver a net zero energy system and just energy transition

Annual report of the UK's Climate Change Committee providing a comprehensive overview of the UK Government’s progress to date in reducing emissions

Key findings of a study that looked mapping public engagement with energy, climate change, and net zero in the UK between 2015-2022.

Update to Scotland's 2018-2032 Climate Change Plan

Annual progress report on Scotland's 2018-2032 Climate Change Plan