British Airways have a code-share arrangement for
connecting flights through Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness.
The venue is 15 minutes by taxi (cost approx. 15 Euro)
from the airport.
Ferry from Ullapool, operated by Calmac (two sailings
per day), more info at www.calmac.co.uk
How to get to An
Lanntair
An Lanntair is in the centre of Stornoway near the bus
station (1 minutes walk) and the ferry terminal (2 minutes walk).
The entrance is on the
corner of Kenneth Street and Francis Street, look for the courtyard opposite
Martins Memorial Church.
On South Beach look for
the distinctive round tower on the corner opposite the bus station which
represents a lantern. An Lanntair means Lantern in Gaelic and the corner
tower makes the building easy to find.
On behalf of the EU FP7 SUSPLAN project, we
would like to invite you to the:
Hebridean Energy Future
SUSPLAN-Regional Workshop
on Results
“Energy Infrastructure Scenarios
for Scotland
and the Islands”
Tuesday 29th June, 2010
13.00 p.m. to 17.50 p.m.
Last year we discussed the medium and long term
perspectives for the integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in
Scotland and the Islands. This year we would like
to discuss the regional results of the modeling and analysis performed in the
SUSPLAN project.
Topics addressed during the workshop include:
What role can RES play
in Scotland and the Islands in a perspective up to 2050?
How can this RES
deployment be integrated into the region’s energy infrastructure?
To what capacity would
future energy infrastructure need to be reinforced?
What infrastructure
bottlenecks exist and must be overcome to integrate RES into the energy
system more efficiently?
The SUSPLAN partners will present the results focusing
on medium (2030) and long term (2050) perspectives and will discuss them with
you. We expect regional stakeholders from the energy sector to attend the
workshop.
Your contribution to this discussion is greatly valued
and appreciated for the validation of the case-study regarding
RES-infrastructure integration in Scotland and the Islands. The results of the project will be used to advise
the European Commission on European infrastructure planning.
Background for the SUSPLAN-Regional Workshop on
Results
During the SUSPLAN-Regional Workshop on Results in Stornoway we will discuss the
regional deployment options for RES and the necessary energy infrastructure
development up to 2050 for the electricity, heat and gas sector.
The European Union (EU) has
asked the SUSPLAN consortium to provide input for future energy infrastructure
development plans. In a first step, the project consortium is preparing this
data on a regional level. Until the end of 2010 transnational scenarios will
provide information on EU level.
In the last century the
European energy grid-infrastructure has been constructed and operated with a
national utility perspective and it is tailored to large centralized coal,
hydro, nuclear and more recently, gas-fired power plants. A high level of RES
will transform the grid infrastructure as we know it today. Policy orientated
objectives, such as the EU targets, are formulated on national and European
levels. However, a majority of decisions regarding actual investments in new
energy technology and infrastructure are made at regional level.
The 7th Framework Program
of the European Union calls for the implementation of the project, “Development
of regional and Pan-European guidelines for more efficient integration of
renewable energy into future infrastructures” (abbreviation, “SUSPLAN”). The
SUSPLAN project will bridge the gap between national and European strategies
with extensive regional case studies which yield valuable insights into the development
of infrastructures on regional and local level (www.susplan.eu).
The SUSPLAN project
performs an in-depth analysis of the regional characteristics of energy systems
taking into account technical, market, socio-economic, legal, policy, and
environmental parameters. A special focus is set on the role of different grid
infrastructures (electricity, gas, heat). The analyses are supported by
quantitative computational modeling tools. We ask for your assistance in
evaluating and commenting the regional case study for
Scotland and the Islands.
During the Regional
Kick-Off Workshop in 2009 the views on future grids, scenarios, strategies and
policies up to 2050 have been discussed. Now we would like to present the first
results of the regional case study and discuss them with you. Finally, we would
like to include you in the process of elaborating implementation strategies for
future energy infrastructures.
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