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SUSPLAN conducted 9 individual regional RES integration scenario studies in different geographical regions across Europe. Each study focuses on the regional characteristics and challenges.
Characteristics for Islands:
The SUSPLAN Regional Results Workshop Islands took place:
Tuesday, 29th of June 2010, 1.30 p.m to 5 p.m.
Lews Castle College
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis, Hs2 OXR
Scotland, UK
| Welcome and registration | ||
| 13:30 | Welcome to SUSPLAN project and workshop | David Green, Principal UHI Lews Castle College |
| Part I – Presentation of EU FP7 SUSPLAN project and overview of results | ||
| Chairman Introductory Remarks | Sinclair Gair | |
| 13:40 | Introduction to SUSPLAN results workshop | Bjorn Bakken, SINTEF, Norway (Coordinator SUSPLAN) |
| 14:00 | Overview of results in the SUSPLAN regions, methodology | Hans Auer, Technical University Vienna, Austria |
| Part II – Presentation of regional results and discussion | ||
| 14:20 | Presentation of results for the Western Islands Region | Neil Finlayson, UHI Lews Castle College |
| 14:40 | Coffee break | |
| Part III – Driving change in the islands | ||
| 15:00 | SSE – a Utility view of future grid developments | Paul Neilson, Transmission Development Manager, SSE |
| 15:20 | EU ISLES Project – A collaboration between the Scottish, Northern Irish and Irish Governments | Patrick McWilliams (Scot. Gov) and Martin Barnes (TNEI Ltd), RPS Consortium |
| 15:40 | The Islands Future Economy | Peter. McGregor, Frasor of Allander Institute, University of Strathclyde |
| Part IV - Developers Ambitions and Timescales | ||
| Chairmans Opening Remarks | Neil Finlayson, Senior Researcher, Greenspace, LCC | |
| 16:00 | Pelamis – a developers viewpoint | Andrew Scott, Senior Project Development Manager |
| 16:20 | Isles Pack | Ruairi McIver, Product Manager, CnES |
| 16:40 | Final conclusions | Bjorn Bakken, SINTEF |
| 17:00 | End of workshop |