Last month, three SNP politicians - Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Westminster leader Ian Blackford - all made misleading claims about Scottish renewable energy generation. We’ve fact checked them 👇
Finally, Deputy First Minister John Swinney’s comment to the BBC onthat “we’ve now got 100% self-sufficiency in our electricity requirements from renewables” was misleading.
As outlined above, Scotland does produce renewable electricity equivalent to its annual consumption. But as renewable energy generation is variable, Scotland often still needs to use non-renewable electricity or imported electricity to meet demand as well., in real-time. That means there will often be times when renewable generation produces more or less electricity than is needed.
The Scottish Government told Full Fact Mr Swinney’s comments about self-sufficiency were intended to be an alternative way of expressing the fact that in 2020 Scotland’s renewable electricity output was equivalent to almost 100% of its total electricity demand.
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