By Lynsey Bews, Political Reporter, Press Association Scotland
ALMOST 12 million tonnes of carbon emissions were displaced by green energy
in Scotland last year.
The reduction – an average of about a million tonnes each month – is the
highest-ever recorded in the country.
UK Government statistics show that Scotland’s renewable electricity
industry displaced 11.9 million tonnes of CO2 in 2013, an increase of over
14 per cent on the 10.4 million tonnes of CO2 displaced in Scotland by the
sector in 2012.
Joss Blamire, senior policy manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “This
means that not only are renewables now the number one source of electricity
in Scotland, but we have achieved this milestone while preventing a record
amount of harmful carbon emissions from being released into our atmosphere.
“Renewable energy in Scotland is doing exactly what it was designed to do:
creating jobs, securing our energy supplies and, most importantly, reducing
our carbon emissions to help limit climate change.”
Speaking from the UN’s climate change conference in Lima, Peru, where he is
an observer, WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: “That renewables in
Scotland are now helping to displace almost a million tonnes of climate
pollution every month is fantastic news and proof that a renewable power
sector is the foundation of a truly low carbon economy – keeping the lights
on, creating jobs and cutting emissions.”
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