The Scottish Government Renewable and Low Energy Carbon policy provides an overview of the Renewable Energy Sector in Scotland, as well as the challenges and opportunities it faces.
SG Global Renewables CentreScotland
Lead partner
Institute of Energy and Environment, The University of Strathclyde
Damien Frame, Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow
The Institute of Energy and Environment is one of Europe’s leading and largest power systems and energy technology university research groups. Our 200 staff and researchers engage in a diverse range of collaborative, multidisciplinary research programmes, addressing issues such as the creation of sustainable energy systems, to the development of condition monitoring technologies and asset investment planning. We have a strong international focus and have been leading rural energy access research and capacity building partnership projects in sub-Saharn Africa for over 15 years.
Industry - Scottish Renewables have a comprehensive directory of industry stakeholders.
Academia - The ETP is an independent partnership of 14 Scottish universities, engaged in world-class energy research and innovation, and is the largest academic energy research partnership in Europe.
Communities - Local Energy Scotland manage the Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) which supports communities across Scotland to engage with, participate in and benefit from the energy transition to net zero emissions.
Electricity Profile
14.9GW installed capacity of renewable electricity (62% onshore wind)
97% of Scotland’s gross electricity consumption from renewables in 2020
908MW of community and locally owned renewable energy
23GW of renewable electricity projects in the pipeline
35.7TWh of renewable electricity generated (in 2022)