Scottish Renewables’ Energy Database is the definitive source of information on renewable energy developments in Scotland, from scoping through to operation.

Since October 2010, the installed capacity in Scotland has grown by 900MW, an increase of over 24 per cent, unsurprisingly driven by wind.

Scotland's significant installed generation capacity, combined with projects already consented and those at various stages of planning, shows we have the potential to reach our renewables targets.

The indicative annual output of renewable electricty projects, across all technologies, is found by taking the total capacity of  projects found in the Scottish Renewables Energy Database and applying typical load factors to each technology. All load factors used in calculations are from an independent report undertaken by the consultancy firm Garrad Hassan.

Estimates for renewable electricity output in Scotland as a percentage of demand were found by using the indicative output, as detailed above, and comparing it to potential demand figures for 2010 and 2011. Demand estimations were made by looking at the official figures for Scotland in 2009 (39,179 GWh) and assuming an increase of 1% per annum.