Question reference: S6W-20686
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 28 August 2023
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 26 September 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the electricity consumption was of public sector buildings in (a) 2022, (b) 2019 and (c) 2018.
Answer
The Public Bodies Climate Change Reporting 2021-22 Analysis Report , page 15, shows grid electricity consumed by around 180 public bodies which have reported annually since 2015-16 on compliance with their statutory climate change duties. Reporting years are 12 months to 31 March rather than calendar years.
Total grid electricity consumed by reporting public bodies is set out in the following table.
Year | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22
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Grid electricity consumed GWh (Gigawatt hour)
| 3,147.79 | 3,070.41 | 2,981.08 | 2,850.84 | 2,779.86 | 2,579.81 | 2,702.83
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As set out on page 18 of the report, greenhouse gas emissions from electricity use by reporting bodies have fallen from 1,550,894 tCO2e (tonnes of CO2 equivalent) in 2015-16 to 623,147 tCO2e in 2021-2022, a reduction of 59.8%, with the principal influence being decarbonisation of the electricity grid.
As set out on page 31 of the report, public bodies also generate renewable energy (electricity and heat) on their own estates.
Total renewable electricity generated by reporting public bodies is set out in the following table.
Year | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22
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Renewable electricity generated GWh (Gigawatt hour)
| 82 | 103 | 105 | 88 | 103 | 95 | 113
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