Accommodating wave and tidal energy – Control and decision in Scotland – Kate Johnson, Sandy Kerr, Jonathan Side
Ocean & Coastal Management
Volume 65, September 2012, Pages 26-33
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.04.018
Abstract
Harvesting the energy of waves and tides is still the subject of research and development as an increasing number of … Read More “Accommodating wave and tidal energy – Control and decision in Scotland”
Project website for Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) giving details of plans to reinforce the transmission infrastructure of the Orkney grid and its connection to the Scottish Mainland.
https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/projects/orkney/… Read More “SSEN Orkney Transmission Reinforcement Project”
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”
Establishing an agenda for social studies research in marine renewable energy –
Sandy Kerr, LauraWatts, John Colton, Flaxen Conway, Angela Hull, Kate Johnson, Simon Jude, Andreas Kannen, Shelley MacDougall, Carly McLachlan, Tavis Potts, Jo Vergunst.
Energy Policy
Volume 67, April 2014, Pages 694-702
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.11.063
Abstract
To date, academic research relating … Read More “Establishing an agenda for social studies research in marine renewable energy”
Planning at the edge: Integrating across the land sea divide – S.Kerr, K.Johnson, J.C.Side.
Marine Policy
Volume 47, July 2014, Pages 118-125
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.01.023
Abstract
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is a relatively recent phenomenon. Land planning has evolved through decades of hard experience. This paper considers the origins of both marine … Read More “Planning at the edge: Integrating across the land sea divide”
The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters and Scotland – Planning Europe’s Atlantic gateway –
Kate R.Johnson, Sandy A.Kerr, Jonathan C.Side
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.006
Abstract
The non-statutory pilot regional marine spatial plan for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters (PFOW) is a test to establish a precedent for the whole of Scotland. It … Read More “The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters and Scotland – Planning Europe’s Atlantic gateway”
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”
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”
Following the Referendum on Scottish Independence in 2014, OREF submitted evidence to the Smith Commission making 4 main points:
1. Sustainable Development should be placed at the head of the objectives of any new
body created in Scotland or formed by the division of existing institutions.
2. Electricity supply planning … Read More “OREF submission to the Smith Commission 2014”
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: A Design Guide. Produced by OREF in association with the Electric Vehicle Association of Scotland. Available from the OREF website.
http://www.oref.co.uk/resources/ev-charging-design-guide/
… Read More “EV Charging Infrastructure Design Guide”
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”
The Orkney Energy Audit was commissioned by OREF and Community Energy Scotland, and carried out by local consultancy Aquatera. Documents available from the OREF website:
http://www.oref.co.uk/resources/orkney-energy-audit/… Read More “Orkney Energy Audit 2014”
Local Orcadian storyteller Tom Muir shares some traditional tales for troubled times on the Orkneyology.com website.
Video of Tom telling a Selkie story, from the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Assipattle and the Stoor Worm… Read More “Orkney Folk Tales”
