Meetings

Friday 5th December 2008

MREDS steering group meeting at 10am

SRDG steering group meeting at 2pm

The first annual MREDS and SRDG Steering Group meetings were held at ICIT on Friday 5 December.  

The MREDS meeting, chaired by Lord Wallace of Tankerness, was attended by funding partners, industrial sponsors, workpackage leaders and researchers.  Workpackage leaders gave an update on progress. Several new research opportunities were discussed including the integration of different renewable sources with medium term energy storage. Discussion on the way forward for the MREDS research programme identified Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) as an alternative to public research funding.

The SRDG Steering Group, which focuses on the environmental aspects of the MREDS research, met in the afternoon.  The meeting was attended by researchers and other stakeholders, including SNH, RSPB and SEPA.  The Steering Group’s task is to identify priorities for research.  Again, each workgroup leader gave a presentation on progress, followed by an open discussion.