The table, compiled by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), currently puts Scotland second behind Yorkshire with confirmed announcements to date of £1.7bn, creating 4411 jobs.
Yorkshire, said DECC, has so far attracted the greatest amount of investment in renewables – £1.9bn, with another £1.8bn in the pipeline.
However, DECC pointed out that – in terms of investment value – Scotland is about to see a huge injection of £8bn, adding another 3313 jobs to the 4411 people already employed in the industry north of the Border.
Forthcoming projects include a plan by Spanish firm Gamesa to invest up to £122 million in developing a new offshore wind hub at Edinburgh's Port of Leith.
DECC said in the financial year to April, renewable energy firms unveiled plans to invest almost £7bn across the UK, supporting 20,848 jobs.
Last year, Scotland produced a record amount of renewable electricity, amounting to more than a third of its gross domestic consumption.
This exceeded the Scottish Government's 2011 target of 31%.
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