Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q2 2025
Overview of key facts and trends relating to energy in Scotland for Q2 2025
Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q2 2025
September 2025
Key Points
Total final energy consumption in Scotland in 2023 was 135.6 TWh - down 3.0% from 139.7 TWh in 2022 and down 21.5% from the baseline figure of 172.7 TWh (the baseline is the average consumption from 2005-2007).
In the first half of 2025, 19.3 TWh of electricity was generated from renewable sources.
In the second quarter of 2025, 8.1 TWh of renewable electricity was generated in Scotland. This is the most renewable electricity generated in the second quarter of any year in Scotland
Scotland’s capacity for electricity generation from renewable sources has continued to increase and currently stands at 17.7 GW – a 4.3% increase compared to 17.0 GW at the end of the second quarter of 2024
As of the end of June 2025, there were 1,114 renewable energy projects with an estimated capacity of 76.5 GW in the planning pipeline in Scotland.
In 2023, Scotland generated the equivalent of 29.5% of total final energy consumption from renewable sources. This is a 0.1 percentage point decrease compared to 2022.
In 2023, there has been a 15.1% increase in energy productivity from the 2015 baseline.