UK Government figures released today show renewable energy supplied 54% of Scotland’s gross electricity consumption in 2016, with output in the first three quarters of 2017 19% greater than the same period in 2016.
Responding, Claire Mack, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said:“Scotland’s renewable energy industry is doing exactly what it was designed to do – creating reliable clean energy and skilled jobs, attracting investment and helping reduce the amount of damaging carbon emitted by polluting fossil fuels.
“These new figures show that the industry, as Scotland’s biggest producer of electricity, continues to go from strength to strength, benefitting both our economy and our environment.
“The publication of Scotland’s first Energy Strategy yesterday, and the inclusion of a new renewable energy target within it, sends a strong signal to industry that renewables should now take its place at the heart of our economy.”
