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Scotland Outdoors

Renewable Energy in Orkney

Scotland Outdoors

BBC

Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7709 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Mark investigates what makes Orkney a hub for renewable energy

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0:00.0

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0:36.3

Hello and thank you for downloading the Scotland Outdoors podcast, which this week is going to come from Orkney.

0:42.2

Why, Orkney?

0:42.8

Well, the Northern Isles are remarkable in how much they have adopted the cause of renewable energies.

0:49.2

You find them in different forms all over the islands, all over the archipelago.

0:54.1

Some of this stuff is literally cutting edge.

0:56.7

It is world leading material.

1:00.1

I was only able to scratch the surface, but have a listen over the next half hour

1:04.1

and just see what the future might look like.

1:07.8

My name is Lisa McKenzie.

1:09.8

I'm the commercial and marketing manager at the European Marine Energy Centre, which is also

1:14.4

known as Emek.

1:15.9

We've come down here to Billy Accru.

1:17.7

Now, I was here on the press launch when this actually opened, and it's a very impressive

1:22.0

site.

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