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Dumfries and Galloway Council

…. In 2018, Dumfries and Galloway contributed 10% of the total renewable energy generated in Scotland, this is significantly higher than the amount of electricity that the district consumes4. Figure 5, shows the top 10 renewable energy producing local authorities in Scotland, compared to their total electricity consumption in 2018. 3 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads…

… the target. Figure 8 shows the emissions for the council operations, with emissions reductions resulting from significant decarbonisation to 2025. -2,000 -1,000 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 kt CO2e Residential energy use Commercial and Industrial energy use Dumfries and Galloway Council Waste Transport - motorway Transport…

… and Galloway, at the Wigtown nature reserve, and at restored peatland sites. 9 Renewables Scotland has an ambitious target of delivering 50% of Scotland’s total energy consumption for heat, transport and electricity: aiming for it to be supplied by renewables by 2030. Out of 32 local authorities in Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway is the third largest contributor of renewable energy generation3…

…/ system/uploads/attachment_data/file/834142/Renewable_ electricity_by_local_authority_2014_to_2018.xlsx 4 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption- statistics Aside from contributing to the Scottish renewable energy target, local renewable energy generation contributes to the carbon neutral target in Dumfries and Galloway in two…

… 2018 - 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 GW h Renewable electricity generation 2018 Electricity consumption 2018 • Where renewable generation sites directly supply local buildings, buildings using this zero carbon electricity will reduce the carbon footprint associated with electricity use. Figure 5 Scottish renewable energy generation compared with electricity demand…