Question reference: S3W-02215
- Date lodged: 18 July 2007
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Current status: Answered by Jim Mather on 6 August 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many megawatt hours of electricity were (a) generated and (b) consumed in each year since 1980.
Answer
the Scottish Executive does not hold this information centrally. However, in 2006the Scottish Executive published volumes 1 and 2 of the Scottish Energy Studywhich provides a comprehensive comparison of electricity supplies and demand in1990 and 2002.
Thesevolumes of the Energy Study can be found at:
National (UK)data from 1970 onwards, is available from the Department of Business andRegulatory Reform’s long term trends tables, which are published in theinternet version of the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics.
However,regional data, including those for Scotland, is only available from 2003onwards. These are published annually in a special article in December's energytrends, and can be accessed via the following link: