Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q3 2025

Renewable electricity pipeline

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. Of these there were:

• 406 electricity storage projects with an estimated capacity of 40.0 GW;
• 709 renewable electricity generation projects with an estimated capacity of 39.5 GW; and
• 59 other renewable energy technologies projects with an estimated capacity of 3.6 GW.

The technology with the most estimated capacity in the pipeline is battery storage (31.0 GW), followed by onshore wind generation (18.2 GW) and offshore wind generation (17.8 GW; Figure 9).

Figure 9:

Source – Renewable Energy Planning Database (accessed 17th December 2025)

Note – ‘Other’ electricity generation technologies include: shoreline wave; small hydro; and tidal stream.

‘Other renewable energy’ technologies include: advanced conversion technologies; anaerobic digestion; biomass (dedicated); EfW incineration; hydrogen; and landfill gas.