What plans it has to consult the public on the use of micropower technologies as a way of reducing CO2 emissions.

The Scottish Executive publishedits draft Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration Strategy for Scotland forpublic consultation on 12 March 2007. This sets out the Executive’s aims for encouraging agreater uptake of microgeneration. In addition the Executive recently consultedon Scottish Planning Policy 6 on Renewable Energy, including proposals for requiringminimum standards for on-site generation from microgeneration technologies in newdevelopments. The Executive also plans to consult later in the year on detailedchanges to planning controls to make the uptake of these technologies easier.
The consultation on the ScottishEnergy Efficiency and Microgeneration Strategy can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/09144516/0.
The consultation responses onScottish Planning Policy 6 can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/12/04103231/0.