8% of the population and 25% of UK renewable generation.

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From the Scottish Business News Network today:

‘Provisional annual statistics for 2017 show that renewable electricity generation was 25,166 GWh in 2017 – up 27% on 2016 and up 19% on 2015. This makes 2017 a record year for renewable generation with the equivalent of an estimated 69% of Scotland’s electricity consumption being met from renewables. In 2017, Scottish renewable generation made up approximately 25% of total UK renewable generation and approximately 69% of Scotland’s electricity consumption came from renewables in 2017 – up 15.0 percentage points from previous year.’

https://sbnn.co.uk/2018/06/28/strong-start-for-renewables-following-record-year/

Paul Wheelhouse, Scottish energy minister, in Energy Voice, said:

‘These figures show that Scotland’s renewable energy sector is stronger than ever with almost exactly 1GW of new capacity installed since Q1 2017 and a strong pipeline of further projects still to be constructed. I am delighted that the equivalent of an estimated 69% of Scotland’s electricity consumption was met from renewables in 2017. Despite damaging policy changes from the UK Government that will soon come into full effect, we continue to harness, galvanize and support Scotland’s renewables potential, both in generation and infrastructure, with renewable electricity capacity in Scotland reaching 10.4GW in Q1 this year.’

https://www.energyvoice.com/otherenergy/175439/scottish-weather-conditions-cause-2018-renewables-surge/

BBC Scotland seems to have missed this news.

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