The Power of Renewables

Electricity in Scotland

Scotland generated over 59% of its electricity

consumption through renewable sources in 2015.

Scotland aims to generate 100% of its electricity from

renewable sources by 2020.

DID YOU KNOW?

Scottish renewable electricity displaced over 13 million tonnes of

CO₂ in 2015.

Generation of Renewable Electricity in Scotland

Total of 21,627.4 GWh in 2015 including: WIND: 13,833.5 GWh WAVE & TIDAL: 2.0 GWh SOLAR PV: 173.9 GWh HYDRO: 5,757.1 GWh LANDFILL GAS: 503.4 GWh SEWAGE GAS: 26.2 GWh OTHER BIOENERGY: 1,331.4 GWh

DID YOU KNOW?

Wind power output in Scotland helped set a new renewable energy

record for the first half of 2017.

Sites Generating Renewable Electricity in Scotland

Total of 53,524 sites in 2015 including:

WIND: 3,041 sites WAVE & TIDAL: 10 sites SOLAR PV: 49,913 sites HYDRO: 459 sites LANDFILL GAS: 46 sites SEWAGE GAS: 8 sites OTHER BIOENERGY: 47 sites

DID YOU KNOW?

Scotland is now coal-free after shutting down its last coal power

plant in March 2016.

Installed Capacity of Sites in Scotland

Total of 7,675.3 MW in 2015 including:

WIND: 5,564.9 MW WAVE & TIDAL: 7.6 MW SOLAR PV: 213.1 MW HYDRO: 1,531.9 MW LANDFILL GAS: 116.3 MW SEWAGE GAS: 7.0 MW OTHER BIOENERGY: 234.5 MW

DID YOU KNOW?

Scotland’s renewable electricity sector supports 26,000 jobs.

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