The installed energy is expected to power over half a million homes in the UK.
The EWG said there is a scope to allow further wind farm consents near the Eskdalemuir Seismic Array in Dumfries and Galloway than previously approved.
The study used a more accurate way of calculating vibrations from wind turbines in areas near the seismological monitoring station.
Projects proposed within 50km of the array may now get the required consent with a 15km exclusion zone set to be approved by the Scottish government, after consultation.
The EWG is headed by the Scottish government and includes representatives from DECC, the MoD, Scottish Renewables, RenewableUK and several trade body’s wind energy developer members who are shareholders in the Aviation Investment Fund Company.
Scotland Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said, "With potentially 1 gigawatt of renewable energy now freed to progress through planning, I’m delighted that Scotland can now benefit from further significant economic rewards from harnessing our natural resources, including the hundreds of jobs created and the knock-on benefits to local companies and communities."
RenewableUK, the trade association representing the wind industry, has welcomed the EWG’s report.
RenewableUK chief executive Maria McCaffery said, "This new research provides a springboard for the UK’s wind energy industry to take another step forward, as it creates fresh opportunities to install new projects in a part of the country which enjoys excellent wind resources, without the prospect of automatic objections by the MoD."
Image: More than 1GW of onshore wind energy could be installed in Scotland in the coming years. Photo: Courtesy of RenewableUK.
