Scotland's renewable energy sector has reached record levels of output
SCOTLAND’S renewable energy sector is basking in the glow of record levels of output reached last year.
Wind turbines produced enough energy to meet the average electricity needs of 97 per cent of Scottish homes. Statistics released by WWF show that wind energy alone generated enough power to provide
41 per cent of Scotland’s total electricity output. And we haven’t even begun to tap in to the full potential of Scotland’s elusive sun.
This is a huge success story for both Scotland and, indeed, a wider world in the grip of a climate change crisis. Tory cuts to subsidies must not be allowed to choke our bright renewables future.
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