Wind dominates as renewables bring $4.4bn into Scotland

Falck Renewables' Kilbraur wind farm in northern Scotland

The renewable power sector has delivered £2.8bn ($4.4bn) of capital investment in Scotland since the start of 2009 – a figure dominated by wind spending, according to new research.

Industry body Scottish Renewables says this has helped the renewable electricity sector expand by more than 10% a year and support more than 11,000 jobs in the country.

Since the end of 2008, onshore wind in Scotland has seen a total investment of some £1.62bn to add 1.16GW of capacity – a cost of £1.40/MW, according to Scottish Renewables’ figures.

Scotland had 2.87GW of onshore wind by the end of April this year, says the industry body.

Offshore wind has attracted spending of £589m to install Scotland’s current 190MW of capacity at…

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