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Electricity Generation: Scotland

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 30 March 2026UIN 122617

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of electricity generation capacity in Scotland.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Information on electricity generation sites owned by Major Power Producers, including location, is published in table 5.11 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics. Total renewable electricity generation capacity for Scotland is published in table 6.1 of UK Energy Trends. Capacity of Combined Heat & Power plants in Scotland is published in table 7.8 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics.

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