Scotland: Generation of green electricity showing a big surge

New statistics have shown that the amount of energy produced by renewable sources in Scotland has dramatically increased.

Government figures have revealed that a fifth of the electricity used in Scotland last year came from renewable sources.
The statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change showed that 20.1 per
cent of electricity used in 2007 came
from green sources, up from 16.9 per cent the
previous year.

The figures have been taken as evidence that the Scottish Government is winning the battle to make renewables the main source of energy and that Scotland’s renewable power potential is being turned into reality.

Jim Mather, the energy minister, said the country was now on track to exceed its target of having 31 per cent of electricity demand met by renewables by 2011.

Scotsman