The aim of this project is to determine the potential to improve the resilience of supply to customers in the Western Isles, and to reduce the use of diesel generation.
The delivery of a study which determines the viability of options to permit the operation of the network in an island mode. This will determine the potential to use the increasing volume of wind generation on the islands to reduce the running hours of the embedded diesel generation plant.
NIA £46,500
2015 – 2016
Colin Mathieson
