Renewable energy doubles in five years - Environment - Scotsman.com
Scotland produced a record amount of renewable energy last year, almost double the total from five years ago.
The UK Department for Energy and Climate Change said 13,735 gigawatt hours of renewable energy were generated north of the Border in 2011, up 44.3 per cent on the previous year and up 97.3 per cent on 2006.
Provisional figures for the first quarter of this year show another big increase in renewables output to a total of 4,590GWH, up 45.5 per cent compared with the first three months of 2011.
Energy minister Fergus Ewing said the figures show that renewable energy generation in Scotland was “going from strength to strength”.
Jenny Hogan, of Scottish Renewables, said: “Not only does renewables industry now employ more than 11,000 people in Scotland, it’s helping to reduce our carbon emissions, tackle climate change and insulate us from volatility in the gas market which has been responsible for the major hikes in energy bills over the last few years.”
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