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.

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