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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Nuclear is Clean by Njorthbiatr · 2014-11-27 20:37 · Score: -1, Troll

And just as sustainable (if not more) than renewable energy.
So far the only country who doesn't seem to have their head up their ass in regards to nuclear policy is Russia (feel free to point me to other examples).