The vast majority of renewable electricity produced in Scotland was from wind energy, totaling 22.5 terawatt hours of electricity in 2019. By comparison, solar photovoltaic (PV) energy had accounted for 331.6 gigawatt hours of electricity that year.
Electricity generation from renewables in Scotland from 2016 to 2019, by source (in gigawatt hours)
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GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (September 24, 2020). Electricity generation from renewables in Scotland from 2016 to 2019, by source (in gigawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/383262/generation-of-renewable-electricity-in-scotland-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Electricity generation from renewables in Scotland from 2016 to 2019, by source (in gigawatt hours)." Chart. September 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383262/generation-of-renewable-electricity-in-scotland-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2020). Electricity generation from renewables in Scotland from 2016 to 2019, by source (in gigawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383262/generation-of-renewable-electricity-in-scotland-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Electricity Generation from Renewables in Scotland from 2016 to 2019, by Source (in Gigawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383262/generation-of-renewable-electricity-in-scotland-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Electricity generation from renewables in Scotland from 2016 to 2019, by source (in gigawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383262/generation-of-renewable-electricity-in-scotland-uk/ (last visited December 11, 2023)
Electricity generation from renewables in Scotland from 2016 to 2019, by source (in gigawatt hours) [Graph], GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, September 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/383262/generation-of-renewable-electricity-in-scotland-uk/