Renewables now provide Scotland with 40% of its power

Renewables now provide Scotland with 40% of its power
By Dawn Denmar
Oct 18, 2013
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Renewable energy sources now provide Scotland with 40 percent of its electricity. Despite the fact much of Scotland is closer to the Arctic Circle than London, wind, solar and tidal energies are utilized to best effect and have slashed carbon emissions.

Scotland Now Receives 40 Percent of its Power from Renewables
By John Daly 
16 October 2013 
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Scotland, a land renowned for whiskey, haggis, annoying the Roman empire to the point that Emperor Hadrian built a wall to keep them out and two millennia later providing Mel Gibson with a film that won five Oscars, is now emerging as a world champion in yet another area – renewable energy.
Scotland’s renewable energy sources are now producing 40% of the country’s electrical demand.

Stanford Professor on Letterman: Powering Entire World on Renewable Energy No Problem
Brandon Baker 
October 25, 2013 

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