Scotland: National Rural Network
'Green Energy Glen' is being launched at the Royal Highland Show today. Published by Scottish Renewables, which has a membership of over 250 businesses and organisations, the report is packed with case studies to give rural communities and businesses ideas of how to maximise their use of renewable energy. Grants are available from the Scottish Rural Development Programme to assist rural businesses, land managers and communities in developing renewables that meet the government's rural priorities.
David Cameron, Chief Technical Officer at Scottish Renewables said, "Most resources useful for renewable technologies are widely available to farming whether that is in the form of crops and forestry for fuel, water courses for hydro, or space for heat pumps. Through the use of anaerobic digestion technologies farm waste can be turned into fuel for heating power and transport - each a key area of energy demand for farms."
"Rural businesses and communities should look at the resources around them and consider how renewables can link into their existing activities. The first step is to visit the Renewables Pavilion at the Royal Highland Show and speak to the many representatives of the renewables industry there"
If you are visiting the show and would like to take David Cameron's advice you can visit their stand at Avenue RM Stand16 where 22 companies will be exhibiting technology from micro scale hydro power through to wood fuel heating and wind turbines. We've downloaded the Green Energy Glen report , which includes examples from a livestock farm that makes biogas from waste slurry through to an ice cream factory powered by wind, to our documents section - click here to take a look. For more information ring 0141 353 4980 or email info@scottishrenewables.com
The Rural Network will also be at the Royal Highland Show. Find out more about it in our earlier article.
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The problem with rural
The problem with rural renewables is that development is not a simple process. The Highland had a large number of stands offering services and equipment. Some may have have more enthusiasm than expertise and very few have any track record of successful projects. The GEG report is more worthy publicity but it does not address the problems and costs of power grid access, planning delays and the expense and difficulty of the SRDP let alone raising project finance. We do need a renewable energy economy, but we will not get one until we have a proper grid, sensible planning and trained and competent people. Words are not enough.