A new survey into employment within the Scottish renewable energy sector has revealed that more than a quarter of employees are women. This percentage is also larger than the other energy sectors of oil and gas and nuclear.

The report, which was commissioned by Scottish Renewables, suggest that 28% of the renewable energy industry's workforce is now female, compared to UK oil and gas which has 21%, and nuclear with 18%.

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Jenny Hogan, Director of Policy for Scottish Renewables, said: "These findings would seem to suggest that renewable energy is attracting more women than other more established energy sectors.

"Having 28% of women working in renewables in Scotland is a good starting point for what we hope to be an increasing figure as the industry expands into emerging sectors such as wave, tidal and offshore wind.

"It's clear that more work needs to be done to improve on this but we're confident that existing projects, such as Scottish Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology at Napier University, and new networks, such as Women in Renewable Energy Scotland (WiRES), will go some way in doing just that."

(JP)