Knowledge, Innovation and Shared Thinking in Orkney
Presentation given at an OREF open meeting in November 2016 by Mark Hull of Community Energy Scotland, explaining Orkney’s responses to grid constraint.
https://www.oref.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161110-Leading-from-the-bleeding-edge-MH.pdf… Read More “Leading from the Bleeding Edge”
The website for Stromness Museum which includes exhibits of local and natural history.
https://www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/
You can now take a virtual tour of Stromness Museum and some of the related locations around the town of Stromness.
BIG HIT will create a hydrogen territory in the Orkney Islands of Scotland by implementing a fully integrated model of hydrogen production, storage, transportation and utilisation for heat, power and mobility.
Project website:
An innovative community project in Orkney that uses surplus electricity
generated from renewable energy to split water, making hydrogen gas as a fuel.
Project website:
Community Energy Scotland provides independent and ongoing practical & technical support for community project development.
https://www.communityenergyscotland.org.uk/
Find out more about their work in Orkney:
Community Power Orkney
https://www.communityenergyscotland.org.uk/projects-innovations/community-power-orkney/
Heat Smart Orkney
https://www.communityenergyscotland.org.uk/projects-innovations/heat-smart-orkney/
Surf ‘n’ Turf
https://www.communityenergyscotland.org.uk/projects-innovations/surf-n-turf/
SMILE
https://www.communityenergyscotland.org.uk/projects-innovations/smile/
ReFLEX
https://www.communityenergyscotland.org.uk/projects-innovations/reflex/
This short film was produced by Orkney.com in partnership with Orkney Renewable Energy Forum for broadcast at the 30th Orkney International Science Festival, as part of Orkney’s contribution to the Virtual Islands Summit, which brought together islands worldwide to share their experiences and stories of innovation.
This session represents a collaboration between the Virtual Islands Summit, Orkney International Science Festival, Orkney Renewable Energy Forum and Community Energy Scotland, presenting the following community energy projects to an international audience:
– The development of
THAW is a charity set up to tackle the issue of fuel poverty in Orkney.
http://www.thaworkney.co.uk/… Read More “Tackling Household Affordable Warmth (THAW) Orkney”
Link to the Scottish Government SHCS website where you can access an archive of reports.
https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-house-condition-survey/… Read More “Scottish Household Condition Survey SHCS”
The Orkney News is an online newspaper for the islands.
https://theorkneynews.scot/category/news/
They also have a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgUxn0e8npqcGCkrU4wiIBg
Twitter: @NewsOrkney
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theorkneynews/?fref=ts… Read More “The Orkney News”
Short video about the community interest company (CIC) Orkney Micro-Renewables.… Read More “Orkney Micro- Renewables video”
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) published the Orkney Local Development Plan 2017- 2022 in April 2017. The plan and associated documents are available to download from the OIC website.
https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/O/Orkney-Local-Development-Plan.htm
The Orkney Cloud project is looking at how to use the islands rich energy resources and thick social networks to address issues of connectivity at the edge of the communications network.
The project magazine, available to read online, explores the possibility for what an Orkney Cloud could be, both in … Read More “Orkney Cloud Magazine”
Understanding community benefit payments from renewable energy development – Sandy Kerr, Kate Johnson, Stephanie Weir
Energy Policy 105:202-211 · June 2017
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.02.034
Abstract
It is increasingly common for renewable energy projects to make financial, or in kind, payments to local communities. These arrangements are variously described as ‘benefits payments’ or … Read More “Understanding community benefit payments from renewable energy development”
Humanities 2020, 9(1), 5;
https://doi.org/10.3390/h9010005
Open Access
Abstract
Inspired by Felix Guattari’s Three Ecologies ([1989] 2000), this article explores recent Orkney literature with an environmental focus (Working the Map—ed. J & F Cumming and M. MacInnes; Ebban an’ Flowan—Finlay, A., Watts, L. and Peebles, A.; The Outrun—A. Liptrot; … Read More “Orkney Ecologies – Rebecca Ford”
Results of a survey carried out by ComRes on attitudes to wind energy in Orkney are available on the OREF website:http://www.oref.co.uk/resources/documents/
http://www.oref.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Orkney_Renewable_Energy_Tables_Percentages.pdf
A project led by Orkney Islands Council to encourage EV uptake in the islands. Documents about the project are available on the OREF documents page https://www.oref.co.uk/resources/documents/orkney-documents/… Read More “Orkney’s Electric Future”
OREF’s FIT Recycling Scheme allows renewable energy generators in Orkney to contribute some of their Feed-in tariff subsidy to the local charity THAW, which is working to alleviate fuel poverty in Orkney.
http://www.oref.co.uk/activities/fit-recycling/… Read More “OREF Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Recycling Scheme”
Scottish Energy Strategy documents and response from OREF to the initial consultation available from OREF website.
http://www.oref.co.uk/scottish-energy-strategy/… Read More “Scottish Energy Strategy”