The Sustainable Saudi Arabia – renewable electricity generation surges by 27.9% in one year as consumption falls by 18% under SNP

Hmm…to wee, too few power producers, eh? Without Orkney and Shetland too!

https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q2-2024/pages/renewable-energy-capacity/

By Professor John Robertson OBA

From the Scottish Government today:

Total final energy consumption in Scotland continues to fall and as of 2022, is 18% lower than the baseline figure from 2005 – 2007. Scotland’s renewable electricity generation in 2024 quarter 2 was 7,312 GWh – a 27.9% increase from 5,716 GWh in the same quarter in 2023.

As of June 2024, there are 830 potential renewable electricity projects including battery and pumped hydro storage within the planning and construction pipeline with an estimated capacity of 51.3 GW.

https://wordpress.com/post/talkingupscotlandtwo.com/76156

Producing 1 GW constantly for a year would give 8760 GWh = 8.76 TWh, which is enough to power 2.65 million homes. The UK as a whole uses around 300 TWh of electricity a year.

https://reports.electricinsights.co.uk/methodology/#:~:text=Power%20flow%20is%20measured%20in,to%20power%202.65%20million%20homes.

I’m in danger of miscounting here [some prof? ;-)], so how many homes in England are we heating now and how many could we heat when the projects come on stream?

What percentage of the UK generation and consumption is Scotland’s?

Hmmm, could we sell that surplus somewhere after independence? Would they go in the huff and refuse to buy it?

What are the trends?

Hmmm, kind of suggests the SNP has not been holding Scotland back but Labour has been holding Wales back.

All other charts –

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-december-2023-special-feature-article-electricity-generation-and-supply-in-scotland-wales-northern-ireland-and-england-2018-to-20#:~:text=Energy%20and%20climate%20change:%20evidence%20and%20analysis.%20Special%20feature%20article

The OBA – https://scotsindependent.scot/?page_id=116

6 thoughts on “The Sustainable Saudi Arabia – renewable electricity generation surges by 27.9% in one year as consumption falls by 18% under SNP”

  1. Yet another over-riding reason for Scotland remaining firmly in the grip of the ”Better Together ” mob in England .

    Too Wee ? Never ! Too Poor – Not a chance ! Too Stupid – maybe , if we stick with this shower down south who TAKE , TAKE , TAKE – and all they give back is derision and abuse !

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  3. Ah, but ….. we’ve goat GREAT BRITISH ENERGY noo, so, a that generation coonts as BRITISH ENERGY. So, it kin be boastit aboot as Lang as ye don’t mention S*******. We’re a wan countrie – GREAT BRITAIN. That’s why we goat Brexit cos we voting as wan countrie BRITAIN …. or should that be England?

    Alasdair Macdonald.

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  4. I’m ever sceptical on figures from UK sources, I’ve seen far too many distortions published due to political skullduggery…

    One of the more troubling with regard to renewables is under-utilisation of capacity because of factors beyond producer control, and which rarely if ever are highlighted by the UK’s ‘compliant’ media – I recall a recent report on Orbital’s (?) tidal array plans on Orkney, put on hold until the mainland connector is upgraded (2026 ?), and presumably downstream grid reinforcement – It is not just the test site which has been affected by this constraint, but wind generators also, all too frequently being commanded off.

    Effectively Scotland’s capability on renewables is throttled by historic under-investment in the grid with no european interconnects to have the option of export – I’ve said many times before, I anticipate a queue of proposals will form on day 1 of our own independent parliament to address the latter.

    As aside John, did you see the 5 (?) core objectives published by HMG on the British Energy launch ? Have a close look at the very last item, it concerns nuclear – Pardon my suspicious mind, but is that what all the razzmatazz over British Energy is really about, to circumvent opposition to nuclear…. ?

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  5. Found what I’d commented a few days back on Great British Energy, the quote was lifted from a BBC article, but the section emphasised was one which made me deeply suspicious GBE is a trojan horse…

    “The government has published five key functions for the company

    • Project development – leading projects through development stages to speed up their delivery, whilst capturing more value for the British public
    • Project investment – investing in energy projects alongside the private sector, helping get them off the ground
    • Local Power Plan – supporting local energy generation projects through working with local authorities, combined authorities and communities
    • Supply chains – building supply chains across the UK, boosting energy independence and creating jobs
    • Great British Nuclear – exploring how Great British Energy and Great British Nuclear will work together, including considering how Great British Nuclear functions will fit with Great British Energy. “

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