October was 'bumper' month for Scotland's renewables
Any way you look at it— the solar PV panels, the solar hot water panels, the wind turbines—Scotland turned out to have a bumper month for renewables in October. Wind turbines generated an estimated 982,842MWh of electricity, enough to power 3,045,000 homes in the UK, equivalent to 126 percent of electricity needs of every home in Scotland. Sunshine? For those homes fitted with solar PV panels, there was enough sun to meet an estimated 46 percent of electricity needs of an average home, for example, in Edinburgh. For those with solar hot water panels, there was enough sunshine for an estimated 41 percent of hot water needs of an average home in Edinburgh. WWF Scotland's director Lang Banks said:"While nuclear power plants were being forced to shut because of cracks, Scotland's wind and sunshine were quietly and cleanly helping to keep the lights on in homes across the country." Banks...