Local Authority ownership of energy in Scotland: FOI release

Information requested

“The Energy Savings Trust have recently published the latest edition of the Community and Locally Owned Energy in Scotland report covering the figures for 2024: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/report/community-and-locally-owned-energy-in-scotland-2024-report/.

Appendix B shows that Local Authority ownership is 198MW and 22,050 installations. Could you please provide a breakdown of these figures by each local authority.”

Response

I have enclosed the requested information at Annex A, which breaks down the total number of installations (22,050) and total generation capacity (198MW) for 2024, in the ‘Community and Locally Owned Energy in Scotland: 2024 report’, by local authority.

Annex A

The table below breaks down the total number of installations and total generation capacity in Scotland by local authority:

Local Authority	Capacity_MW	Number_of_installations
Aberdeen City	2	200
Aberdeenshire	19	5040
Angus	3	210
Argyll & Bute	5	50
City of Edinburgh	6	570
Clackmannanshire	2	220
Dumfries & Galloway	3	40
Dundee City	2	60
East Ayrshire	2	290
East Dunbartonshire	4	190
East Lothian	2	440
East Renfrewshire	<1	290
Falkirk	3	420
Fife	9	300
Glasgow City	3	50
Highland	38	1950
Inverclyde	1	40
Midlothian	1	340
Moray	5	530
Na h-Eileanan Siar	2	50
North Ayrshire	8	560
North Lanarkshire	12	2130
Orkney Islands	4	240
Perth & Kinross	12	850
Renfrewshire	4	210
Scottish Borders	1	<10
Shetland Islands	1	130
South Ayrshire	<1	120
South Lanarkshire	19	1840
Stirling	13	4280
West Dunbartonshire	7	80
West Lothian	4	330
Total	198	22050

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