Summary of Scotland's Resource Potential
| Technology | Current Capacity (GW) | Potential capacity (GW) | Potential energy (TWh) per annum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onshore wind | 2.7: | 11.50 | 45.0 |
| Offshore wind | 0.19 | 25.00 | 82.0 |
| Wave | 0.001 | 14.00 | 45.7 |
| Tidal stream | 0.001 | 7.50 | 33.5 |
| Hydro | 1.4 | 1.63 | 5.52 |
| Wood | 0.04 | 0.45 | 1.8 |
| Biomass (non wood) | 0.84 | 6.6 | |
| Biodiesel | 0.14 | 1.0 | |
| Landfill gas | 0.061 | 0.07 | 0.6 |
| Geothermal | 1.50 | 7.6 | |
| Solar thermal | 5.8 | ||
| Solar PV | 0.00252 | ||
| Total | 2.8 | 62.63 | 236.6 |
Table notes
a. ^ Note on 'installed capacity' and 'potential energy'. The former is an estimate of the maximum productive output of a given technology or individual generation station at a single point in time. The latter takes into account the likely intermittency of energy supply and is a measure of output over a period of time. Thus, for example, individual wind turbines may have a 'capacity factor' of between 15% and 45% depending on their location, with a higher capacity factor giving a greater potential energy output for a given installed capacity. The 'potential energy' column is thus an estimate based on a variety of assumptions including the installed capacity. Although 'potential energy' is in some ways a more useful method of comparing the current output and future potential of different technologies, using it would require cumbersome explanations of all the assumptions involved in each example, so installed capacity figures are generally used.
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