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Environment & Energy

muriel_volestrangler

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18. It's used; Scotland exports electricity to England

Reply to Finishline42 (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 07:29 AM

Jan 2022

2020 was another record year for renewable electricity generation in Scotland with 31.8 TWh generated, 4.2% up on 2019.
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Scotland’s net exports of electricity (exports minus imports) in 2020 was its highest to date at 19.3 TWh, a 21% increase compared to 2019.

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2018/10/quarterly-energy-statistics-bulletins/documents/energy-statistics-summary---march-2021/energy-statistics-summary---march-2021/govscot:document/Scotland+Energy+Statistics+Q4+2020.pdf

https://scotland.shinyapps.io/Energy/?Section=RenLowCarbon&Subsection=RenElec&Chart=ElecConsumptionFuel shows the use of nuclear power for electricity consumed in Scotland as 30.4%. The 97.4% is saying the total generated from renewables over the year was 97.4% of the total used in Scotland, but that include periods where wind generation was well above what Scotland can use by itself; at other times, it would have used more nuclear.

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