High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Thursday, October 08, 2009
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 amount of electricity generated through renewable sources as a percentage of gross consumption to increase to 50% by 2020, with an interim target of 31% by 2011.
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Source: Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
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 2007 renewables accounted for just over 8000 GWh of electricity generation. In 2007, the amount of electricity generated in Scotland by renewable sources equated to 20.1% of the gross consumption of electricity in Scotland, compared with 12.2% in 2000.
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