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Lewis Wave Power Limited
Lewis Wave Power Limited 40MW Oyster Wave Array North West Coast, Isle of Lewis Environmental Statement Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary March 2012 40MW Lewis Wave Array Environmental Statement 1. NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY 1.1 Introduction This document provides a Non-Technical Summary (NTS) of the Environmental Statement (ES) produced in support of the consent application process for the North West Lewis Wave Array, hereafter known as the development. The ES is the formal report of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) undertaken by Lewis Wave Power Limited (hereafter known as Lewis Wave Power) into the potential impacts of the construction, operation and eventual decommissioning of the development. 1.2 Lewis Wave Power Limited Lewis Wave Power is a wholly owned subsidiary of Edinburgh based Aquamarine Power Limited, the technology developer of the Oyster wave power technology, which captures energy from near shore waves and converts it into clean sustainable electricity. Aquamarine Power installed the first full scale Oyster wave energy convertor (WEC) at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, which began producing power to the National Grid for the first time in November 2009. That device has withstood two winters in the harsh Atlantic waters off the coast of Orkney in northern Scotland. Aquamarine Power recently installed the first of three next-generation devices also at EMEC which will form the first wave array of its type anywhere in the world. 1.3 Project details The wave array development will have the capacity to provide 40 Megawatts (MW), enough energy to power up to 38,000 homes and will contribute to meeting the Scottish Government’s targets of providing the equivalent of 100% of Scotland’s electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020. -
International Nuclear Physics Conference 2019 29 July – 2 August 2019 Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, UK
Conference Handbook International Nuclear Physics Conference 2019 29 July – 2 August 2019 Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, UK http://inpc2019.iopconfs.org Contents Contacts 3 Local organising committee 4 Disclaimer 4 Inclusivity 4 Social media 4 Venue 5 Floor plan 6 Travel 7 Parking 8 Taxis 8 Accommodation 8 Programme 9 Registration 9 Catering 9 Social programme 10 Excursions 11 Outreach programme 13 Exhibition 14 Information for presenters 14 Information for chairs 15 Information for poster presenters 15 On-site amenities 16 General information 17 Health and safety 19 IOP membership 20 1 | Page Sustainability 20 Health and wellbeing 20 Conference app 21 International advisory committee 21 Site plan 23 Campus map 24 2 | Page Contacts Please read this handbook prior to the event as it includes all of the information you will need while on-site at the conference. If you do have any questions or require further information, please contact a member of the IOP conference organising team. General enquiries Claire Garland Institute of Physics Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4840 Mobile: +44 (0)7881 923 142 E-mail: [email protected] Programme enquiries Jason Eghan Institute of Physics Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4984 Mobile: +44(0)7884 268 232 Email: [email protected] Excursion enquiries Keenda Sisouphanh Institute of Physics Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4890 Email: [email protected] Programme enquiries Rebecca Maclaurin Institute of Physics Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4907 Mobile: +44 (0)7880 525 792 Email: [email protected] Exhibition enquiries Edward Jost IOP Publishing Tel: +44(0)117 930 1026 Email: [email protected] Conference chair Professor David Ireland University of Glasgow 3 | Page The IOP organising team will be onsite for the duration of the event and will be located in Halls 1 and 2 at the conference registration desk. -
Braehead Iron Age Settlement
RLHF Journal Vol.11 (2001/2) 3. Braehead Ironage Settlement — A Volunteer’s Tale Bruce Henry [First published in A Touch of GAS Autumn 2001] 1939 - the Luftwaffe take some aerial photos of Barclay Curle, Scotstoun, the docks and Renfrew - Braehead stands out clearly. 1950s - Dr. J. K. S. St Joseph takes further photos of the farmland to the west of King George V Dock. 1968 - the RAF take even more photos of the area. With all this photography going on something had to be found to justify it so in March 1973 the late Jack G. Scott started excavating a ditched enclosure identified from the air at Shiels Farm, soon to be developed as a whisky blending and bottling plant (a waste of good malt). He had a grand total of under 10 excavators, but he called in the first volunteers – always assuming the Luftwaffe and RAF used conscripts. By August 1974, the familiar team of students and volunteers had established sites of at least three round houses within the 45m (max) diameter oval ditch dating from the late Bronze/early Iron Age. Over a quarter of a century later, word got out that Ikea were planning to open a store at the Braehead shopping development. As the only substantial piece of land lay between the whisky bottling plant and the KGV Dock, close to Jack Scott’s enclosure, the aerial photographs were revisited. A vague outline of a possibly similar site was identified as worthy of further investigation. Then one evening in late 1999, when heading to a meeting of the Renfrewshire Local History Forum, Derek Alexander noticed that heaps of spoil had been dumped on the site. -
Surfing and the Future of Scotlands Seas
Scottish Marine Recreational Resources: Surfing and the Future of Scotland’s Seas PREPARED 23 Jan 2013 Prepared by W. Watson The Scottish Surfing Federation January 2013 Contents Forward..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 1) Understanding Changes in the Marine Environment.....................................................................................................................................4 1.1) What is RenewaBle Energy? ........................................................................................................................................................................4 1.2) So what is the scale of Scotland’s Renewable Industry? .................................................................................................................6 1.3) The Units of Power and Energy in layman’s terms............................................................................................................................6 1.4) Benchmarking Power CaPacities of existing Scottish Power SuPPlies .....................................................................................7 1.5) The History of Scotlands Renewables – The Hydro Schemes 1900 - 2000.............................................................................7 1.6) Onshore Wind 2000 - 2012..........................................................................................................................................................................8 -
Siadar Wave Energy Project Siadar 2 Scoping Report Voith Hydro Wavegen
Siadar Wave Energy Project Siadar 2 Scoping Report Voith Hydro Wavegen Assignment Number: A30708-S00 Document Number: A-30708-S00-REPT-002 Xodus Group Ltd 8 Garson Place Stromness Orkney KW16 3EE UK T +44 (0)1856 851451 E [email protected] www.xodusgroup.com Environment Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 6 1.1 The Proposed Development 6 1.2 The Developer 8 1.3 Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Technology 8 1.4 Objectives of the Scoping Report 8 2 POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK 10 2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 Energy Policy 10 2.2.1 International Energy Context 10 2.2.2 National Policy 10 2.3 Marine Planning Framework 11 2.3.1 Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 11 2.3.2 Marine Policy Statement - UK 11 2.3.3 National and Regional Marine Plans 11 2.3.4 Marine Protected Areas 12 2.4 Terrestrial Planning Framework 12 2.5 Environmental Impact Assessment Legislation 12 2.5.1 Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 13 2.5.2 The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 13 2.5.3 The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 13 2.5.4 Habitats Directive and Birds Directive 13 2.5.5 Habitats Regulations Appraisal and Appropriate Assessment 13 2.6 Consent Applications 14 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 15 3.1 Introduction 15 3.2 Rochdale Envelope 15 3.3 Project Aspects 15 3.3.1 Introduction 15 3.3.2 Shore Connection (Causeway and Jetty) 15 3.3.3 Breakwater Technology and Structure 16 3.3.4 Parallel Access Jetty 17 3.3.5 Site Access Road 17 3.3.6 -
Falkirk Wheel, Scotland
Falkirk Wheel, Scotland Jing Meng Xi Jing Fang Natasha Soriano Kendra Hanagami Overview Magnitudes & Costs Project Use and Social and Economic Benefits Technical Issues and Innovations Social Problems and Policy Challenges Magnitudes Location: Central Scotland Purpose: To connecting the Forth and Clyde canal with the Union canal. To lift boats from a lower canal to an upper canal Magnitudes Construction Began: March 12, 1999 Officially at Blairdardie Road in Glasgow Construction Completed: May 24, 2002 Part of the Millennium Link Project undertaken by British Waterways in Scotland To link the West and East coasts of Scotland with fully navigable waterways for the first time in 35 years Magnitudes The world’s first and only rotating boat wheel Two sets of axe shaped arms Two diametrically opposed waterwater-- filled caissons Magnitudes Overall diameter is 35 meters Wheel can take 4 boats up and 4 boats down Can overcome the 24m vertical drop in 15 minute( 600 tones) To operate the wheel consumes just 1.5 kilowattkilowatt--hourshours in rotation Costs and Prices Total Cost of the Millennium Link Project: $123 M $46.4 M of fund came from Nation Lottery Falkirk Wheel Cost: $38.5 M Financing Project was funded by: British Waterways Millennium Commission Scottish Enterprise European Union Canalside local authorities Fares for Wheel The Falkirk Wheel Experience Tour: Adults $11.60 Children $6.20 Senior $9.75 Family $31.20 Social Benefits Proud Scots Queen of Scotland supported the Falkirk Wheel revived an important -
South Lanarkshire Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy
South Lanarkshire Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy Report by IronsideFarrar 7948 / February 2016 South Lanarkshire Council Landscape Capacity Study for Wind Energy __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS 3.3 Landscape Designations 11 3.3.1 National Designations 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page No 3.3.2 Local and Regional Designations 11 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 3.4 Other Designations 12 1.1 Background 1 3.4.1 Natural Heritage designations 12 1.2 National and Local Policy 2 3.4.2 Historic and cultural designations 12 1.3 The Capacity Study 2 3.4.3 Tourism and recreational interests 12 1.4 Landscape Capacity and Cumulative Impacts 2 4.0 VISUAL BASELINE 13 2.0 CUMULATIVE IMPACT AND CAPACITY METHODOLOGY 3 4.1 Visual Receptors 13 2.1 Purpose of Methodology 3 4.2 Visibility Analysis 15 2.2 Study Stages 3 4.2.1 Settlements 15 2.3 Scope of Assessment 4 4.2.2 Routes 15 2.3.1 Area Covered 4 4.2.3 Viewpoints 15 2.3.2 Wind Energy Development Types 4 4.2.4 Analysis of Visibility 15 2.3.3 Use of Geographical Information Systems 4 5.0 WIND TURBINES IN THE STUDY AREA 17 2.4 Landscape and Visual Baseline 4 5.1 Turbine Numbers and Distribution 17 2.5 Method for Determining Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity 4 5.1.1 Operating and Consented Wind Turbines 17 2.6 Defining Landscape Change and Cumulative Capacity 5 5.1.2 Proposed Windfarms and Turbines (at March 2015) 18 2.6.1 Cumulative Change -
Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination
Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination Anglophone Writing from 1600 to 1900 Silke Stroh northwestern university press evanston, illinois Northwestern University Press www .nupress.northwestern .edu Copyright © 2017 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2017. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data are available from the Library of Congress. Except where otherwise noted, this book is licensed under a Creative Commons At- tribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. In all cases attribution should include the following information: Stroh, Silke. Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination: Anglophone Writing from 1600 to 1900. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2017. For permissions beyond the scope of this license, visit www.nupress.northwestern.edu An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. More information about the initiative and links to the open-access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 3 Chapter 1 The Modern Nation- State and Its Others: Civilizing Missions at Home and Abroad, ca. 1600 to 1800 33 Chapter 2 Anglophone Literature of Civilization and the Hybridized Gaelic Subject: Martin Martin’s Travel Writings 77 Chapter 3 The Reemergence of the Primitive Other? Noble Savagery and the Romantic Age 113 Chapter 4 From Flirtations with Romantic Otherness to a More Integrated National Synthesis: “Gentleman Savages” in Walter Scott’s Novel Waverley 141 Chapter 5 Of Celts and Teutons: Racial Biology and Anti- Gaelic Discourse, ca. -
Police Division.Dot
Safer Communities Directorate Police Powers Unit T: 0131-244-2355 E: [email protected] T Johnson Via email ___ Our ref: FOI/13/00538 26 April 2013 Dear T Johnson Thank you for your email dated 5 April, in which you make a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) for: 1) Information about the make, model and muzzle energy of the gun used in the fatal shooting of a child in Easterhouse in 2005; 2) Details of the number of meetings, those involved in said meetings and the minutes of meetings regarding the Scottish Firearms Consultative Panel (SFCP); 3) Information regarding land that provides a safe shooting ground that is as accessible as a member of the public’s own garden, or clubs that offer open access to the general public; and 4) Details of any ranges that people can freely rent similar to other countries, in the central belt area of Scotland. In relation to your request number 1), I have assumed that you are referring specifically to the death of Andrew Morton. Following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you have requested is not held by the Scottish Government. You may wish to contact either the police or Procurator Fiscal Service, who may be able to provide this information. Contact details for Police Scotland can be found online at www.scotland.police.uk/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/, and for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service at www.crownoffice.gov.uk/FOI/Freedom-Information- and-Environmental-Information-Regulations. -
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution Plc
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc Directors report and financial statements Year ended 31 March 2019 Registered No.: SC213460 Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc Contents Page No. Directors and Other Information 1 Strategic Report 2 Corporate Governance Statement 12 Directors' Report 15 Statement of Directors' responsibilities in respect of the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the Financial 16 statements Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc 17 Profit and Loss Account 21 Balance Sheet 22 Statement of Changes in Equity 23 Cash Flow Statement 24 Notes on the Financial statements 25 Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc Directors and Other Information Directors Gregor Alexander (Chairman) Steven Kennedy (Resigned 07/09/18) Stuart Hogarth David Gardner (Resigned 31/01/19) Colin Nicol Dale Cargill Alistair Borthwick (Appointed 07/09/18, Resigned 28/06/19) Robert McDonald (Appointed 31/01/19) Rachel McEwen Katherine Marshall David Rutherford (Non-Executive Director) Gary Steel (Non-Executive Director) Registered office Inveralmond House 200 Dunkeld Road Perth PH1 3AQ Secretary Mark McLaughlin Auditor KPMG LLP Chartered Accountants 319 St Vincent Street Glasgow G2 5AS Registered number SC213460 1 Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc Strategic Report The Strategic Report sets out the main trends and factors underlying the development and performance of Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc (the “Company”) during the year ended 31 March 2019, as well as those matters which are likely to affect its future development and performance. The business, its objectives and strategy The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SSE plc (the “Group”). -
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2012
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2012 Production team: Iain MacLeay Kevin Harris Anwar Annut and chapter authors A National Statistics publication London: TSO © Crown Copyright 2012 All rights reserved First published 2012 ISBN 9780115155284 Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics Enquiries about statistics in this publication should be made to the contact named at the end of the relevant chapter. Brief extracts from this publication may be reproduced provided that the source is fully acknowledged. General enquiries about the publication, and proposals for reproduction of larger extracts, should be addressed to Kevin Harris, at the address given in paragraph XXIX of the Introduction. The Department of Energy and Climate Change reserves the right to revise or discontinue the text or any table contained in this Digest without prior notice. About TSO's Standing Order Service The Standing Order Service, open to all TSO account holders, allows customers to automatically receive the publications they require in a specified subject area, thereby saving them the time, trouble and expense of placing individual orders, also without handling charges normally incurred when placing ad-hoc orders. Customers may choose from over 4,000 classifications arranged in 250 sub groups under 30 major subject areas. These classifications enable customers to choose from a wide variety of subjects, those publications that are of special interest to them. This is a particularly valuable service for the specialist library or research body. All publications will be dispatched immediately after publication date. Write to TSO, Standing Order Department, PO Box 29, St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1GN, quoting reference 12.01.013. -
The Renewable Energy Review May 2011
The Renewable Energy Review May 2011 Preface The Committee on Climate Change (the Committee) is an independent statutory body which was established under the Climate Change Act (2008) to advise UK and devolved administration governments on setting and meeting carbon budgets, and preparing for climate change. Setting carbon budgets In December 2008 we published our first report, Building a low-carbon economy – the UK’s contribution to tackling climate change, containing our advice on the level of the first three carbon budgets and the 2050 target; this advice was accepted by the Government and legislated by Parliament. In December 2010, we set out our advice on the fourth carbon budget, covering the period 2023-27, as required under Section 4 of the Climate Change Act; the Government will propose draft legislation for the fourth budget in Spring of 2011. We will provide advice on inclusion of international aviation and shipping in carbon budgets in Spring 2012, drawing on analysis of shipping emissions and a bioenergy review to be published later in 2011. Progress meeting carbon budgets The Climate Change Act requires that we report annually to Parliament on progress meeting carbon budgets; to date we have published two progress reports (October 2009, June 2010) and will publish our third report in June 2011. Advice requested by Government We provide ad hoc advice in response to requests by the Government and the devolved administrations. Under a process set out in the Climate Change Act, we have advised on reducing UK aviation emissions, Scottish emissions reduction targets, UK support for low-carbon technology innovation, and design of the Carbon Reduction Commitment.