Knowledge, Innovation and Shared Thinking in Orkney
The project was funded by the Scottish Government through EMEC and was undertaken by Aquatera Ltd, acting as Principal Contractor to EMEC, with Orcades Marine providing vessel management consultancy.
It’s aim was to demonstrate the ability of the local supply chain to meet the needs of the marine renewable energy … Read More “Orkney Vessels Trials Project”
Marine renewables and coastal communities—Experiences from the offshore oil industry in the 1970s and their relevance to marine renewables in the 2010s
Kate Johnson, Sandy Kerr, Jonathan Side
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.08.004
Abstract
Ambition to create jobs and economic growth from the vast open spaces of the oceans and seas is made real … Read More “Marine renewables and coastal communities—Experiences from the offshore oil industry in the 1970s and their relevance to marine renewables in the 2010s”
Some links with information about the tradition of cutting peat for fuel in Orkney
https://www.aboutorkney.com/the-wey-hid-wis/peat-cutting/
https://sianthom.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-tradition-of-peat-cutting.html
https://sianthom.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-tradition-of-peat-cutting-part-two.html
https://sianthom.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-tradition-of-peat-cutting-part-three.html?m=1
Website from the Renewable Realities conference held in Orkney in 2002
http://www.renewablerealities.co.uk/home.html… Read More “Renewable Realities”
Information about the experimental wind turbine
http://www.orkneywind.co.uk/costa.html… Read More “Costa Head wind turbine”
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 Library and Archive offers a range of services and online resources, including access to a range of historical photographs of Orkney from the photographic archive collections.
Some of which can be viewed online: http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/photoarchive.htm… Read More “Orkney Library and Archive”
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 film from the BBC about Orkney’s tidal energy technology.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/sustainable-future?vpid=p06x35mx&fbclid=IwAR08wljPM43oIXaY4-MbUDcjXjiuVnAgFJdkMCed7uT-gkzvsNXasOaCk6E… Read More “The island with the electric sea – BBC Reel”
A selection of folktales connected to the sea can be found on the Orkneyjar.com website:
http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/sea.htm… Read More “Folktales from the Sea on Orkneyjar.com”
Check the latest weather in Stromness, via EMEC’s webcam.
http://www.emec.org.uk/web-cam-2/
Wondering what an Orkney dialect word means? You can now look it up online in the Orkney Dictionary.
https://orkneydictionary.scot/
The site also has some examples of texts in Orkney dialect including:
Orkney Islands Council publish their Economic Review documents on the council website:
https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/E/Economic-Information.htm… Read More “Orkney Economic Review”
Short video about the community interest company (CIC) Orkney Micro-Renewables.… Read More “Orkney Micro- Renewables video”
Orkney Islands Council Marine Services department run the Orkney Harbours website, which provides information about the local port services.
https://www.orkneyharbours.com/
There is a useful section with downloadable documents, and brochures:
https://www.orkneyharbours.com/port-authority/info/brochures
Information on the authority’s Marine Environmental Unit:
https://www.orkneyharbours.com/port-authority/services/marine-environmental-unit… Read More “Orkney Harbours website”
Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan was a process undertaken by a working group consisting of Marine Scotland, Orkney Islands Council and Highland Council in advance of statutory regional marine planning.
The Plan can be downloaded from the Scottish Government website.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/pilot-pentland-firth-orkney-waters-marine-spatial-plan/
Orkney Islands Council Marine Planning … Read More “Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan”
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
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) project to promote renewable energy in Orkney.
https://www.orkneymarinerenewables.com/… Read More “Energy of Orkney website”