Nine out of ten homes powered by wind farms

Wind farms across Scotland generated enough electricity in August to power nine out ten of all Scottish households, new figures reveal.

Energy generated by wind turbines last month rose by more than a third when compared to the same period last year.

Windandsolardatafrom Weather Energy showed Scottish wind farms produced 846,942 MWH of energy in August.

Environmental charity WWF Scotland said this equates to the average energy needs of 2.25 million (93 per cent) of Scottish homes – up 34 per cent on the 629,603 MWH produced in August 2016.

WWF Scotland’s acting head of policy, Gina Hanrahan, said: “August was another great month for the wind sector, providing the equivalent of 93 per cent of the electricity needs of Scotland’s households.”