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Bring renewable energy technology to remote rural areas, achieve self-dependence in energy, create jobs, and stimulate sustainable development. SMALLEST pioneers this model in the Northern Periphery of Europe.
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SMALLEST Introduction
SMALLEST DESCRIPTION • Solutions for • Micro-generation that • ALLow • Energy • Saving • Technologies
SMALLEST DESCRIPTION • Bring renewable energy technology to the smallest communities in the most remote rural areas that are otherwise not able to access it • Help them to achieve a commercially sustainable self-dependence in energy • Create enterprise and jobs in the community • SMALLEST is pioneering a model for stimulating this process across the Northern Periphery of Europe
SMALLEST REGION • EU Northern Periphery Programme region • Highlands & Islands, Dumfries & Galloway (Scotland) • Northern Ireland (exc Belfast) • NW and SW Ireland • N and E Finland • N Sweden • N Norway • Faroe Islands • Iceland • Greenland
SMALLEST PARTNERS • Lead Partner: International Resources and Recycling Institute (UK) • Inverness College UHI • PURE Energy (Shetland) • North Karelia University of Applied Sciences (Finland) • Action Renewables (N Ireland) • University of Ulster • Fuglafjordur Municipality (Faroe Islands) • Municipality of Norsjo (Sweden) • Development Centre of East Iceland
SMALLEST ASSOCIATE PARTNERS • Qeqatta Municipality (Greenland) • Runde Environmental Centre (Norway) • Upper Eskdale Development Group (Scotland) • Moffat CAN (Scotland) • Association of Faroese Municipalities
SMALLEST SERVICE • Work with the appropriate renewable energy National Advisory Service to initiate community interest in micro renewable energy generation solutions • Teach the community to understand the technologies and business modelling process for each technology – educating the market. • Introduce the NAS and help each community understand the NAS ‘tool kit’ • Work with the community alongside the NAS to assist with identifying and facilitating appropriate micro-renewable energy solutions. • Develop appropriate community management/ownership model • Develop the training programmes for development of professional skills amongst architects, surveyors and engineers to design effective MRES solutions for communities to assist the management and maintenance of MRES • Develop the training programmes for plumbers, electricians and other trades for the development of practical skills to install and maintain effective MRES • Facilitate networking and partnerships between communities.
SMALLEST ASSOCIATES • National Advisory Services for community renewable energy development • National Advisory Services for enterprise development and job creation • Community Energy Scotland and the Energy Savings Trust in Scotland • Scottish Enterprise/Highlands & Islands Enterprise (Cooperative Development Scotland and Highlands & Islands Social Enterprise Zone) • Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency)
SMALLEST OUTCOMES • SMALLEST has been designated a strategic project by the NPP • It hopes for policy engagement and policy change at a regional, national and transnational level • A proven model for future adoption showing how to embed renewable energy in the smallest rural communities throughout the region • A contribution to a carbon-free, self-sustaining rural economy for the long-term
BUDGET • Total budget of €2,971,550 for the programme period, July 09 – June 12 • NPP Total Grant: €1,725,000