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Half of Scotland's Energy Consumption Came From Renewables Last Year (heraldscotland.com)

Posted by msmash on from the paving-way-for-a-brighter-future dept.

An anonymous reader quotes an article on Herald Scotland: Scotland has met a key target for renewable energy consumption, according to official figures. Statistics published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change show 57.7% of Scottish electricity consumption came from renewables in 2015 -- 7.7% ahead of the 50% target. The SNP welcomed the figures and pledged to bring forward plans to go further if re-elected in May. Deputy First Minister and SNP campaign director John Swinney said: "The SNP have long championed green energy and these new figures show the huge progress we have made - but we are determined to go even further.

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  1. Wrong title by MarcDuflot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Half of Scotland's ELECTRICITY Consumption Came From Renewables Last Year

    1. Re:Wrong title by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      1. It's old-ass technology

      And fossil fuels aren't "old-ass technology"?

      2. It's environmentally destructive, so way to go you just flooded one environment and destroyed a river system.

      Not nearly as environmentally destructive as fossil fuels. Have you have been to coal country? Have you seen what coal mines do to the land?

      3. It isn't available everywhere, so good for you but it does us no good.

      That's really a stretch. Some places have sunshine. Some have geothermal. Some have wind. Nobody is saying everywhere has to have hydro power, but if you have it, yes, it's a renewable resource and yes, it limits the amount of fossil fuels you have to dig up and burn.

      So there's absolutely no reason that hydro energy shouldn't be considered an important part of the basket of renewables.

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