Orkney pioneer project

自1951年英国第一台并网风力涡轮机开始发电以来，奥克尼一直是世界领先的可再生能源和脱碳试验台--开创了创新方法和技术；在Aquatera、奥克尼群岛理事会、欧洲海洋能源中心、苏格兰社区能源公司和Relex Orkney有限公司之间建立了长期有效的当地合作伙伴关系，通过领导力和参与，NZPP Orkney项目将建立在创新成功和开创性开发活动的传统基础上。这些合作伙伴在实现能源解决方案创新的非技术障碍方面拥有丰富的现实世界经验，这些障碍包括监管、政策、金融、行为变化和电网周围限制的挑战。在之前的工作(如Orkney Relex项目)之后，这些问题得到了很好的理解，但到目前为止已被证明是邪恶的问题。NZPP项目将专门解决这些已知的困难--解锁新的创新解决方案，确保Orkney在脱碳方面取得进一步进展。该项目还将在Relex Orkney的核心资金完成后立即按顺序进行，并启动新的岛屿交易-净零岛屿中心项目。ICNZ还让奥克尼NZPP合作伙伴和赫里奥特·瓦特大学参与了一项为期10年的计划，创建一个泛岛屿创新中心，支持奥克尼、设得兰和外赫布里底群岛。因此，NZPP项目将启动关键的主题目标，这些目标可以支撑ICNZ未来的工作-确保加快奥克尼和苏格兰群岛的脱碳解决方案，这些解决方案反过来将具有可复制性和全球应用范围。对挑战和解决方案开发的理解的可转换性和可转移性是NZPP项目进程的关键标志。这将从一开始就构成奥克尼项目的基础--直接合作已经到位，与设得兰群岛委员会牵头的平行竞标相联系，以追求设得兰能源中心的NZPP议程。奥克尼和设得兰之间与这些试点项目相关的累积活动将互惠互利--反映了奥克尼和设得兰作为创新型岛屿社区的强大传统；并为ICNZ未来的工作提供了一条有效的途径，这将进一步使这一伙伴关系包括西岛和其他地区社区的经验和挑战。

Since the UK's first grid-connected wind turbine started generating electricity in 1951, Orkney has been a world leading testbed for renewable energy and decarbonisation - pioneering innovative approaches and technologies; and growing a collaborative, expert community of keen early adopters and volunteers for pilots and projects.Featuring leadership and involvement of long established and effective local partnerships between Aquatera, Orkney Islands Council, the European Marine Energy Centre, Community Energy Scotland and ReFLEX Orkney Ltd the NZPP Orkney project will build on this tradition of innovation success and pioneering development activity.These partners have significant real-world experience of non-technical barriers to achieving innovation in energy solutions, which include regulation, policy, finance, behavioural change and challenges with restrictions around the grid network. Following previous work such as the Orkney ReFLEX project, these issues are well understood but have proven wicked problems to address to date. The NZPP project will specifically engage with these known difficulties -- unlocking new and innovative solutions which can secure further progress for Orkney in decarbonisation.The Project will also take place in sequence directly after core funding completes for ReFLEX Orkney, and the launch of the new Islands Deal _Islands Centre for Net Zero project_. The ICNZ also involves the Orkney NZPP partners, and Heriot Watt University - in a 10 year programme to create a pan-island innovation Centre that will support Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides. The NZPP project will therefore enable a jump start for key thematic objectives which can underpin the future work of the ICNZ - ensuring accelerated solutions to decarbonisation for Orkney and the Scottish Islands which will in turn have replicability and application worldwide.Transition and transferability of understanding of challenges and solutions development are critical hallmarks of the NZPP project process. This will form a foundation of the Orkney project from the outset -- with direct collaboration already in place to link in with a parallel bid led by Shetland Islands Council to pursue a NZPP agenda for Shetland linked to energy hubs. There will be mutual benefit in the cumulative activity between Orkney and Shetland associated with these pilot projects -- reflecting the strong traditions of both Orkney and Shetland as innovative island communities; and presenting an effective pathway to the future work of the ICNZ which will further enable this partnership to include experience and challenges of communities across the Western Isles and beyond.