Workpackage 1: Export Constraints, Externalities and
Opportunities
Summary
Leaders: Dr Jim Chalmers (UHI Millennium Institute) and Dr Gareth Davies (OREF)
Staff wishing to collaborate and contribute to this workpackage include staff from the HWU Energy Academy, Dr John Fletcher (Strathclyde University), and members of the Orkney Renewable Energy Forum (OREF).
Overall Goal: To define precisely the short, medium and long-term implications of grid constraints and other externalities, identifying and determining which opportunities offer the greatest prospects for overcoming such constraints in these timescales.
Introduction: The marine renewable resources of the North and West of Scotland have been identified as offering unique opportunities for economic development, yet externalities and export constraints will increasingly militate against these. The delivery of an estimated 35-84TWh of power annually from this region will require enlightened decision-making based on a sound understanding of the constraints and their solution. A significant amount of knowledge is held by OREF and other specialists on these and related topics.
Resourcing Estimate
Support required for the input of staff time and springboard proposals arising from any strand to be considered as funds arise by the Steering Group.