Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q4 2024

Renewable electricity capacity

Scotland’s capacity for electricity generation from renewable sources has increased substantially over the past 10 years and currently stands at 17.4 GW – a 12.9% increase compared to 15.4 GW at the end of 2023 (Figure 3).

The technologies with the largest capacity growth between 2023 and 2024 were fixed offshore wind (1.1 GW increase) and onshore wind (0.8 GW increase).

Figure 3: 

Note - ‘other’ includes the following technologies: shoreline wave/tidal; landfill gas; sewage sludge digestion; energy from waste; animal biomass; and anaerobic digestion.

Source – Energy Trends table 6.1: Renewable electricity capacity and generation (published 27th March 2025; revised 24th April 2025)