Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q2 2024

Renewable Electricity Pipeline

As of June 2024, there are 830 potential renewable electricity projects including battery and pumped hydro storage within the planning and construction pipeline with an estimated capacity of 51.3 GW. There are 75 projects under construction, most of which are wind (32 projects with an estimated capacity of 3.2 GW) or battery storage technologies (12 projects with an estimated capacity of 1.4 GW). There are 455 projects which have had planning applications approved and are awaiting construction and a further 300 projects which have submitted planning applications.

Battery and pumped hydro projects within Scotland’s planning system are monitored as part of the renewable energy planning pipeline and, together, they as of June 2024 form 24 GW of the total 51 GW capacity within Scotland’s total renewable electricity planning pipeline.

This is the first quarter that there is estimated capacity from a ScotWind project.

Figure 4: Renewable electricity pipeline capacity by planning stage and technology

Sources

Renewable Energy Planning Database: quarterly extract - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)