SCOTLAND could become a "European giant" of renewables by 2030 – that's the message from a new discussion paper by think tank Common Weal.

With measures like our national energy company being controlled at municipal level, there's scope for a renewables revolution in the country.

We have a full report on the paper you can read for a summary, including a list of some key points.

And the policy paper's author, Craig Berry, has also written a piece on why an independent Scotland should have independent energy

To read the 20-page document in full, you can click the link below – and it's well worth doing.

Scottish Energy 2030 paper.pdf