The Giddy Limit – Weather
The Giddy Limit is a cartoon by illustrator Alex Leonard, which appears weekly in The Orcadian newspaper. It takes a humorous look at experiences of island life, and a popular theme is the extreme Orkney weather.
… Hoolan Energy
Hoolan Energy is a renewable energy developer with two proposed onshore wind projects in Orkney at Costa Head and Hesta Head.
Costa Head project
https://www.hoolanenergy.com/projects/costa-head
Hesta Head project
https://www.hoolanenergy.com/projects/hesta-head
These proposed projects form part of the case for the SSEN Orkney Transmission Reinforcement Project
BIG HIT Project
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:
Surf ‘n’ Turf
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
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/
Orkney at the Virtual Island Summit 2020
Watch the Panel Session – Shining to the Future: Islands as Lighthouses 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
Renewable Realities
Website from the Renewable Realities conference held in Orkney in 2002
http://www.renewablerealities.co.uk/home.html… Read More “Renewable Realities”
Costa Head wind turbine
Information about the experimental wind turbine
http://www.orkneywind.co.uk/costa.html… Read More “Costa Head wind turbine”
The Orkney Dictionary online
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:
- A Hunder Key Orkney Words
- Speir Thoo the Wast Wind by Christina M. Costie
- Willick Meets the Oilmen –
Orkney Micro- Renewables video
Short video about the community interest company (CIC) Orkney Micro-Renewables.… Read More “Orkney Micro- Renewables video”
Orkney Local Development 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
Energy of Orkney website
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) project to promote renewable energy in Orkney.
https://www.orkneymarinerenewables.com/… Read More “Energy of Orkney website”
SSEN Orkney Transmission Reinforcement Project
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”
Orkney Cloud Magazine
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
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”
Orkney Wind Energy Survey 2017
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
Orkney’s Electric Future
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 Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Recycling Scheme
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”
OREF submission to the Smith Commission 2014
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”