REPORT: Economic Value of Clean Heat in Scotland

Link to report: Economic Value of Clean Heat in Scotland | Scottish Enterprise (scottish-enterprise.com)

The overall aim of the study was to establish a baseline to enable future monitoring of growth in the Clean Heat sector and to better understand the companies active in the sector. This is fundamental to ensuring that the delivery of the Heat in Buildings Strategy benefits the Scottish economy and provides useful insights in the context of the Heat in Buildings Supply Chain Delivery Plan.

Specific research objectives were:

Estimate the size and growth of the sector, and sub-sectors, including: 

– Define current and historic turnover, jobs and economic impact
– Identify projected trends in turnover and jobs to assess growth prospects
– Quantify current exports (value and geography) and export intentions
-Identify innovation projects/ new products
-Identify barriers and opportunities to growth

Identify the existing companies in the sector and understand how the sector operates, i.e.:

– Identify companies (primarily from existing databases)
– Analyse companies by size, geography, role in the supply chain and sub-sector
– Understand their upstream supply chain
– Understand their downstream supply chain

Full report available here: Economic Value of Clean Heat in Scotland | Scottish Enterprise (scottish-enterprise.com)