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Question reference: S6W-43625

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the total amount of business rate income received from onshore renewable energy installations was in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25, broken down by (i) technology type, including onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage systems, and (ii) local authority area.

Table 1 shows estimated non-domestic rates income from onshore electricity generators in 2023-2024, and Table 2 in 2024-2025.

As we cannot reliably identify electricity generators, or specifically renewable electricity generators, Tables 1 and 2 do not present a total for each council area.

We have identified electricity entries in the valuation roll by the ‘core’ variable listed therein, and classified energy sources by the ‘description’ variable. In most cases, the description shows the energy source or type of subject (where the subject relates to transmission or distribution). Where the description identifies a subject as an electricity generator, but does not clarify the energy source, this is listed under ‘other generators.’ Electricity entries which do not specify whether they relate to generation or not are listed as ‘other electricity,’ and this category may also include distribution and transmission subjects.

Under the Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Order 2005, South Lanarkshire Council is responsible for the billing of designated electricity utilities (generation, distribution, and transmission). As a result, the figures presented for South Lanarkshire include estimates of non-domestic rates income for designated generation entries located across Scotland.

Figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000. Where a figure is greater than zero, but would round down to zero, this is marked as “[low]”.

Table 1: Estimated non-domestic rates income from electricity generators in 2023-2024, by council area (£)

Council area	Wind	Solar	Hydro	Biomass	Landfill gas	Other generators	Other electricity
Aberdeen City	30,000	0	0	0	0	0	340,000
Aberdeenshire	7,050,000	0	0	0	0	0	4,510,000
Angus	300,000	60,000	80,000	30,000	20,000	0	0
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0	0	3,730,000	0
City of Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	0	[low]	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	0	10,000	0
Dumfries and Galloway	5,800,000	0	0	0	0	2,850,000	260,000
Dundee City	40,000	0	0	0	0	0	60,000
East Ayrshire	540,000	0	0	0	0	260,000	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	30,270,000	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	300,000	0
Falkirk	520,000	0	0	0	0	90,000	0
Fife	0	0	0	0	0	1,300,000	400,000
Glasgow City	0	0	0	0	0	1,440,000	0
Highland	10,740,000	0	4,310,000	0	0	7,840,000	10,000
Inverclyde	0	0	0	0	0	300,000	0
Midlothian	0	0	0	0	0	1,180,000	0
Moray	6,010,000	0	0	0	0	0	2,750,000
Na h-Eileanan Siar	650,000	0	0	0	0	40,000	0
North Ayrshire	0	0	0	0	0	1,660,000	0
North Lanarkshire	370,000	0	0	0	0	480,000	0
Orkney Islands	390,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	2,210,000	50,000	790,000	80,000	90,000	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	30,000	0
Scottish Borders	5,650,000	0	0	0	0	90,000	0
Shetland Islands	120,000	0	0	0	0	700,000	0
South Ayrshire	250,000	0	0	0	0	610,000	0
South Lanarkshire	37,050,000	0	0	0	0	58,560,000	0
Stirling	1,960,000	0	0	0	0	820,000	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	180,000	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	2,030,000	0
Scotland	79,670,000	110,000	5,180,000	110,000	110,000	114,790,000	8,350,000

Table 2: Estimated non-domestic rates income from electricity generators in 2024-2025, by council area (£)

Council area	Wind	Solar	Hydro	Biomass	Landfill gas	Other generators	Other electricity
Aberdeen City	30,000	0	0	0	0	0	1,410,000
Aberdeenshire	7,430,000	0	0	0	0	0	4,960,000
Angus	310,000	80,000	80,000	30,000	20,000	0	0
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0	0	4,280,000	0
City of Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	0	[low]	0
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	0	0	20,000	0
Dumfries and Galloway	8,170,000	0	0	0	0	3,050,000	280,000
Dundee City	40,000	0	0	0	0	0	80,000
East Ayrshire	570,000	0	0	0	0	270,000	0
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	32,430,000	0
East Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	240,000	0
Falkirk	550,000	0	0	0	0	90,000	0
Fife	0	0	0	0	0	1,390,000	3,610,000
Glasgow City	0	0	0	0	0	1,540,000	0
Highland	13,520,000	0	4,250,000	0	0	6,880,000	0
Inverclyde	0	0	0	0	0	320,000	0
Midlothian	0	0	0	0	0	1,260,000	0
Moray	6,330,000	0	0	0	0	0	3,190,000
Na h-Eileanan Siar	480,000	0	0	0	0	10,000	0
North Ayrshire	370,000	0	0	0	0	1,810,000	0
North Lanarkshire	1,250,000	0	0	0	0	530,000	0
Orkney Islands	410,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth and Kinross	2,360,000	80,000	960,000	80,000	100,000	0	0
Renfrewshire	0	0	0	0	0	40,000	0
Scottish Borders	6,030,000	0	0	0	0	120,000	0
Shetland Islands	120,000	0	0	0	0	750,000	0
South Ayrshire	270,000	0	0	0	0	650,000	0
South Lanarkshire	40,900,000	0	0	0	0	59,320,000	0
Stirling	2,080,000	0	0	0	0	820,000	0
West Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	250,000	0
West Lothian	0	0	0	0	0	2,110,000	0
Scotland	91,240,000	150,000	5,300,000	110,000	120,000	118,170,000	13,530,000