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Grant Thoms Press & Parliamentary Officer

Grant Thoms Press & Parliamentary Officer. What is Scottish Renewables?. Member-led trade association since 1996 Over 150 commercial members 50 Associate members from NGOs, public bodies, communities and individuals

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Grant Thoms Press & Parliamentary Officer

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  1. Grant Thoms Press & Parliamentary Officer

  2. What is Scottish Renewables? • Member-led trade association since 1996 • Over 150 commercial members • 50 Associate members from NGOs, public bodies, communities and individuals • Sectors - wind, marine, hydro, bioenergy and microgeneration including solar power • High level policy formulation • Providing information to members • Influencing decision-makers • Creating viable and sustainable markets for renewable technologies

  3. Governance Scottish Renewables’ board of directors - Elected from membership • Working groups on wind, marine, bioenergy, grid, planning, microgeneration & small-scale renewables, communications • Hydro working group is Scottish Committee of British Hydropower Association • Joint secretariat for Scottish Biomass Network with ConFor • Joint Secretariat for Scottish Parliament Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Group with Energy Saving Trust

  4. Staff Maf Smith – chief executive Jason Ormiston – wind, planning, grid & microgeneration Jenny Hogan – marine, energy from waste & bioenergy Calum McCallum – events & marketing Victoria Tracey – membership & finance Grant Thoms – press & parliamentary

  5. Renewable Energy: it’s more than just wind

  6. HYDRO – longest established renewable providing 11.5% of Scotland’s electricity in 2004

  7. WIND 60 windfarms operating or under construction - capacity 1.75GW

  8. MARINE 14GW of potential off Scotland’s coast • wave convertor • wave breaker • tidal

  9. BIOMASS First commercial electricity generation plant from biomass under construction near Lockerbie Supply chain opportunities in forestry materials, installation and maintenance of wood burning appliances

  10. MICROGENERATION - SOLAR • Scotland has an excellent climate for solar heating in Europe • We need to heat our houses for more months in the year • Meaning we can use more solar energy that’s available

  11. Microgeneration - Geothermal Different styles of pipes are installed beside a building. A liquid is piped through the pipes to pick up the heat from the ground or, in the summer, to bring heat from the building to the ground.

  12. Microgeneration – wind turbines • Renewable Devices Ltd – based at Roslin, Midlothian • SWIFT turbine constructed & assembled on site • Joint venture with Scottish & Southern Energy – order for 1,000 devices • SSE to act as broker in selling and installing to consumers & businesses

  13. Case Study – Pelamis wave convertor • Ocean Power Delivery - HQ in Leith • Constructed & assembled in Stonehaven, Ardnish & Methil • Tested at EMEC on Orkney • First commercial ‘farm’ project in Portugal

  14. Economic benefit • What the Danes did for wind the Scots can do with marine energy converters • 20,000 jobs and domination of a global market worth tens of billions of pounds • Unemployment originally halved in Campbeltown by Vestas Celtic plant • By 2020 the wind industry could support 8,000 jobs, biomass 2000, hydro 1,000 and marine…?

  15. Supply Chain opportunities Engineering Manufacturing Assembly Transport Services Consultancy Home Installation and Maintenance

  16. Essential Reading Delivering New Generation of Energy: Route Map to Scotland’s Renewable Future (available at www.scottishrenewables.com) For the future: Jobs Page – vacancies, internships, and looking for work

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