High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Renewable Energy
Renewable sources of energy can provide a sustainable means of generating the energy we need, Scotland particularly has huge potential for renewable energy due to its geology and climate. The Scottish Government has set a National Indicator for the proportion of electricity generated through renewable sources to increase to 50% by 2020, with an interim target of 31% by 2011.
Source: BERR
This indicator will help monitor the extent to which Scottish electricity consumption can be met sustainably using renewable energy sources located both within Scotland and its coastal waters. The indicator equates the amount of renewables generated in Scotland as a percentage of Scottish gross consumption, where gross consumption is the amount of electricity generated minus net exports (but including losses).
Since 2000 there has been a 40% increase in the amount of electricity generated by renewables in Scotland. In 2006 renewables accounted for almost 7000 GWh of electricity generation. In 2006 (the base year), the amount of electricity generated in Scotland by renewable sources equated to 16.3% of the gross consumption of electricity in Scotland, compared with 12.2% in 2000.
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