High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Electricity Generation
In 2007, Scotland generated a total of 48,217 GWh of electricity, a decrease of almost 8% compared to 2006. The main source of electricity generation in 2007 was coal, accounting for 29% of the electricity generated. Following a large increase in the use of coal in 2006 coal generation fell by 21% in 2007 to around the average for the period 2000-2005. Over the period 2000 to 2007 electricity generation from gas and oil has remained fairly stable, accounting for 26% of the total electricity generated in 2007. Nuclear power also accounted for 26% of the total electricity generation in 2007, in comparison to 27% in 2006. In 2007, electricity generation for nuclear power was at it's lowest level in the period 2000-2007. This reduction in output and share of generation was the result of unplanned outages at nuclear stations.
Renewable sources accounted for 17% of the total electricity generated in 2007, an increase of 18% in the amount of electricity generated by renewables since 2006. The amount of electricity generated from non-Hydro renewable sources (wind, wave, solar power and thermal renewables) in Scotland increased from 0.6% in 2000 to 7.4% in 2007.
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Source: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Note (1): Other includes wind, wave, solar power and thermal renewables
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