How much funding it has allocated to support micro-hydro renewable energy schemes in each of the last five years.

The Scottish Government has provided funding for micro-hydro schemes under the SCHRI
- Energy Saving Scotland Home Renewable Scheme, under the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) and under the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES).
The breakdown for funding allocated under the SCHRI “ Energy Saving Scotland home renewables grant scheme is as follows:
FY
| Number
| Grant Value

2004-05
| 1
| £3,833.41

2005-06
| 0
| £0.00

2006-07
| 4
| £15,244.18

2007-08
| 5
| £16,935.45

2008-09
| 0
| £0.00

2009-10
| 1
| £4,000.00


| 11
| £40,013.04


Figures for the Scotland Rural Development Programme are not broken down by technology or year, however to March 2010 over £2 million of funding has been approved under the Renewable Energy Agriculture Option. Over £437,143 has been approved under the Renewable Energy Forestry Option and £609,705 has been approved under the Renewables Non Land-Based option. Funding is also available for Renewables Projects under the Diversification Outwith Agriculture Option, where businesses are diversifying into renewable energy production, but this option goes a lot wider than just renewable energy projects.
CARES has allocated grants to a number of hydro schemes, mostly larger than micro-hydro. In the last year, CARES awarded a grant of £2,757 to a micro-hydro scheme in Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
Central Energy Efficiency Funding was provided from 2004-06, with £15 million being split between local authorities and £4 million provided to the NHS and £1 million to Scottish Water. A breakdown of the figures spent on micro-hydro is not held centrally.