SPECIALLY FOR THE FARMING COMMUNITY
Date: Wednesday 23 May
Time: 16.00-17.30
Room: Crombie A
Chair: Dr Elaine Booth, Bioenergy and Renewables Specialist, SAC (Scottish Agricultural College)
- David Smith reflects on his own experiences with wind energy; NFUS renewables activity; and aims to encourage other farmers to develop renewables projects
- Key stages in renewable energy developments on farm land – Nick Green, Rural Energy Expert, Savills
- Update on government support, the Green Deal, FiTs, ROCs – Jim Campbell, Head of Renewable Energy, SAC, and Antje Branding, Team Leader; Climate, Plant, Horticulture and Potatoes Policy, Scottish Government
- Update on the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme – including on farm case histories – Kate Hutchison, Senior Biomass Energy Consultant, SAC
Wind
- Getting a wind project off the ground – and making sense of average annual wind speeds – Kenneth Peterson, Sales Manager (UK and Ireland), Gaia-Wind
- What about noise? – Rod McGovern, Farm Energy Consulting


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