According to the Energy Saving Trust, Scotland generated 2,904GWh of renewable heat last year. the figure for last year was up 17 per cent from 2012, thanks to a range of new incentives designed to drive up investment in both the commercial and domestic sector.
The Scottish government estimates that renewable heat accounted for 2.6 per cent of non-electrical heat demand in 2011, but it has a target to reach 11 per cent by 2020.
Mike Thornton, director of Energy Saving Trust Scotland, said the figures suggested Scotland was 'very much on track' to reach its 2020 target.
"The recent launch of the RHI and continuation of the Home Energy Scotland renewables loans scheme make a compelling package of incentives and grants for households in Scotland that are interested in installing renewable heat technologies. We expect household take-up of renewable heat to increase further in 2014 as there are big savings to be made," he said.
The EST estimates that an off-grid home in Scotland could save £1,500 to £4,000 per year by installing a renewable heat technology and claiming the RHI.
Meanwhile, the Department for Energy and Climate Change has come under fire after it emerged fewer than 80 homes have installed renewable heat technologies and applied for the RHI since the domestic element of the scheme launched in April.
DECC figures published last month showed that 203 households installed heat pumps, biomass boilers or solar thermal panels in the first two months of the scheme, and only 79 of those had secured accreditation for the RHI. A further 1,075 homes who had installed green heating systems prior to April have also secured the tariff retrospectively.
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