The
new
interim
goal
reflects
Scotland’s
faster-than-expected
progress
towards
its
flagship
target
of
100%
renewable
power
supply
by
2020,
and
is
“ambitious,
but
also
achievable”,
claims
First
Minister
Alex
Salmond.
The
announcement
follows
statistics
from
the
UK
Department
of
Energy
and
Climate
Change
(DECC)
showing
that
Scotland
met
35%
of
its
electricity
demand
from
renewables
in
2011,
already
exceeding
the
previous
interim
target
of
31%,
says
the
Scottish
government.
The
government
says
the
50%
goal
–
part
of
a
revamped
national
“Renewables
Routemap”
–
is
based
on
capacity
which
is
operational,
under
construction…
