2021-03-29 17:16
Renewables
Alex Lowe

Scotland was 97% powered by renewable energy last year

Scotland was 97% powered by renewable energy last year

Scotland’s energy usage and the percentage of it that comes from green, renewable sources is very impressive. The country announced back in 2011 that it had set a goal to become 100% renewably sourced by 2020, this goal hasn’t been met but it was near as damn it close. In 2020, 97.4% of all the energy used in the country came from renewable sources.

This data came from Scottish Renewables, which is a trade body for the energy industry and it shows that the latest figures for 2020 are an 8% increase over the year before.

“Scotland’s ambitious climate change targets have been a tremendous motivator to the industry to increase deployment of renewable energy sources, and in the last 10 years alone we have more than tripled our renewable electricity output – enough to power the equivalent of more than 7 million households.”

Claire Mack – Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables

Alex Lowe

Scotland was 97% powered by renewable energy last year

Alex Lowe is the owner and editor of the interface and started the website in 2013. He publishes the majority of the content on the website, hosts the three podcasts and the runs the YouTube channels. Alex has a professional background in computer networking, FWA and WiFi.

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