Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q3 2025
Overview of key facts and trends relating to energy in Scotland for Q3 2025
Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q3 2025
December 2025
Key Points
Total gas consumption in Scotland in 2024 was 41.7 TWh. This is down 30.2% from the 2005-2007 baseline and down 2.4% from 2023.
Total electricity consumption in Scotland in 2024 was 21.7 TWh. This is down 26.6% from the 2005-2007 baseline and down 0.5% from 2023.
In 2024, 51.8 TWh of electricity was generated in Scotland. Of this, 73.1% (37.9 TWh) was generated from renewable sources and 91.5% (47.4 TWh) was generated from low carbon sources (renewables + nuclear + pumped storage).
In the first three quarters of 2025, 27.0 TWh of electricity was generated from renewable sources.
In the third quarter of 2025, 8.1 TWh of renewable electricity was generated in Scotland. This is the most renewable electricity generated in the third quarter of any year in Scotland.
Scotland’s capacity for electricity generation from renewable sources has continued to increase and currently stands at 17.8 GW – a 4.5% increase compared to 17.0 GW at the end of the third quarter of 2024.
As of the end of September 2025, there were 1,174 renewable energy projects with an estimated capacity of 83.0 GW in the planning pipeline in Scotland.