Scotland announced on May 20, 2011, that it is targeting to use onlyrenewable energy到2020年，到当年，其以前的目标是80％。
根据独立，非营利性国际组织气候集团的新闻稿，苏格兰第一部长亚历克斯·萨尔蒙德（Alex Salmond）希望苏格兰成为“欧洲的绿色强国”。新闻稿引用了他的话说，他说“”发展的步伐一直如此迅速，我们的2011年目标已经超过了，我们现在可以到2020年从可再生资源中产生相当于苏格兰自身的100％自身电力需求。到那时，我们打算将产生两倍的电力。苏格兰需要 - 可再生能源的一半以上，而其他常规来源不到一半。我们将与消耗一样多的电力出口。因此，我们将继续与当地，英国和欧洲一级的行业和政府合作，以我们所取得的成就为基础。现在，我们将进一步进一步，更快地确保我们作为欧洲大陆绿色能源强国的地位。海上风将在实现我们的野心方面发挥关键作用。''
Scotland holds about 25 percent of Europe's offshore wind and tidal energy resource and 10 percent of its potential wave capacity. Last week also, Scotland secured lease agreements for offshore wind developments in Scottish waters.
Renewable energy project developer Vattenfall and marine energy technology developer Pelamis Wave Power won a demonstration lease for the development of a 10MW marine energy project west of Shetland in Scottish waters. Also, Aquamarine Power gained leases for two large-scale marine energy projects off the coast of Scotland, including a 10MW project near north-west Lewis and a 30MW project put forward for the Saltire Prize, Scotland's £10 million challenge to speed the commercial development of marine energy.
There are now 17 wave and tidal projects leased for development by The Crown Estate in Scottish waters, plus testing berths at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. Eleven marine energy projects in the Pentland Firth alone are expected to attract £6 billion in investment.
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney said in a government press release that ''These projects further confirm that Scotland is the world leading destination for marine energy development and deployment. The vast majority ofwave and tidal projectsin the UK - and Europe - are in Scotland and new projects in Lewis and Shetland show the continued growth, talent and confidence in Scotland's marine renewables industry.''
He also called for control of the resources, saying that ''With 11 projects in the Pentland Firth alone set to attract around 6 billion pounds of investment, and the natural marine resources to support many, many more developments, Scotland must have control of the Crown Estate to ensure the development of our marine and offshore renewables industry brings direct benefit to all of Scotland's people.''
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond also stressed that Ofgem (the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets in the U.K.) should include and account for Scotland's clean energy policies when it sets its directions. ''We lead the UK in producing onshore green energy, in developing a world leading offshore and marine renewables industry and in having the most ambitious renewable energy targets,'' he said.
''I therefore want Scottish Ministers to be involved in drafting the proposed new strategy and policy statement which sets the regulator's direction,'' he added.
苏格兰政府已采取措施使其对可再生能源资源的控制更加独立，批评英国电力市场改革危害其潜力。苏格兰政府排除了建造新的核电站。
