Renewables Are Now Scotland's Biggest Energy Source

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 27, 2014 @08:08PM from the going-green dept.

AmiMoJo writes Government figures revealed that Scotland is now generating more power from "clean" technologies than nuclear, coal and gas. The combination of wind, solar and hydroelectric, along with less-publicized sources such as landfill gas and biomass, produced 10.3TWh in the first half of 2014. Over the same period, Scotland generated 7.8TWh from nuclear, 5.6TWh from coal and 1.4TWh from gas, according to figures supplied by National Grid. Renewable sources tend to fluctuate throughout the year, especially in Scotland where the weather is notoriously volatile, but in six-month chunks the country has consistently increased its renewable output.

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Math by Anonymous Coward · 2014-11-27 20:14 · Score: 2, Interesting

7.8 + 5.6 + 1.4 = 14.8
Re: Problems with renewable sources by Anonymous Coward · 2014-11-28 00:41 · Score: 2, Interesting

Cleaner than strip mining that mountain. Anyonone complaining about renewables spoiling landscapes is an idiot or disingenuous. Welcome to earth. Humans develop and conquer nature. News at 11 for those other idiotss who don't have to deal with the consequences of their horribly destructive lifestyles because they spew their poison into some poorer person's backyard. Hurry for you dick.