Welcome to
RENEWABLE ENERGY SUBGROUP ANNUAL MEETING
ABERDEEN 26th
MAY 2006
This meeting is
arranged to coincide with the 2006 All-Energy Exhibition and Conference
being held in Aberdeen 24th
and 25th May. The exhibition and conference will be
free of charge. This is a major UK conference and is supported by a
number of national energy organisations. It has also attracted input from
many manufacturers, suppliers and contractors involved in this sector. It
certainly is worth while visiting this event on 24th – 25th
May.
Opening
hours Wednesday: 08.30 a.m. -
6.00 p.m.
Opening hours Thursday: 08.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Admission is free.
Note that Wednesday 24th May there is a networking evening arranged by All-energy. Registration and exhibition/conference details at www.all-energy.co.uk.
Our group meeting takes place Friday 26th May at the Balgownie 1 Pavilion,
which is part of the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The Pavilion houses the offices of Aberdeen
City Council's Economic Development Service and is located beside the high
observation tower which dominates the site.
ACCOMMODATION:
The Patio Hotel - Address: Beach
Boulevard, Aberdeen, AB24 5EF
Tel:
(44) 0 1224 633339 - Fax: (44) 0 1224 638833
E-Mail:
info@patiohotels.com or sales@patiohotels.com
Web:
www.patiohotels.com
This 4 * hotel is
close to the sea and in walking distance from the city centre.
Price for a room
(single or double/twin) per night:
-
no
breakfast: £135. (British pounds)
-
breakfast
included: £145.
Note: All
delegates will be responsible for the cost of their room.
TRAVEL:
By Air - Aberdeen International Airport has flight connections
with most parts of the UK and many of the northern Europe's major cities. The Hotel is approximately 30 minutes by
taxi from Aberdeen International Airport (cost approximately £17). There is also a good bus connection between
the airport and the town centre.
By Rail - Aberdeen
has direct rail services from London Kings Cross, Edinburgh, Glasgow and other
parts of Britain. The Hotel is a short taxi journey from the station. For more information about train times and
prices please check the Scotrail website:
www.firstscotrail.com
By Road - Aberdeen has modern road links with the south. From the south, take the motorway as far as
Perth to link with the A90 to Aberdeen.
For more information about Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council, please see the websites:
Aberdeen and Grampian Tourist
Board www.agtb.org
Aberdeenshire Council www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk -
Aberdeen City Council www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
Program:
Wednesday 24th /
Thursday May 25th
Arrivals: Wednesday or Thursday
Visit the All-Energy Exhibition and Conference.
Please have a look at
the all-energy website for full information and free registration:
The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre is close to the city centre and easy to reach by taxi.
Wednesday evening
Civic reception and networking evening. Registration: www.all-energy.co.uk
Thursday evening
07.00 p.m.: Dinner for the renewable energy group members
(hosted by the Aberdeenshire Council
/ Aberdeen City Council)
Friday May 26th
The NSC
Renewable Energy Subgroup annual meeting
Meeting venue:
The offices of Aberdeen City Council's Economic
Development Service
DRAFT AGENDA
09.00: Welcome -
Introductions - Apologies
09.10: Coming
NSC events
09.15: The
future of the Renewable Energy Subgroup.
Possible solutions:
- keep the group
- call it day (end the group)
- let the work continue as a special theme under the Economic
Development Group
09.45: AREG
Update on the work of the Aberdeen Renewable Energy
Group
10.00: Solar energy
“Scotland – the best country in the EU of
solar heating of buildings”!
Speaker on solar energy:
George Goudsmit, Managing
Director of AES Solar (who manufacture solar thermal panels in Forres,
Morayshire)
10.30: The North Sea House / Efficient housing
Elisabeth Marshall / Erik Lindboe
11.00: Wind Energy – described as a major contribution
to the future power portifolio:
“a real workhorse”.
Study tour to Glens of Foudland windfarm
15.00: End of program.
(If requested, the bus will drop you off at the
airport.)
Erik Lindboe
Co-ordinator
NORTH SEA COMMISSION
Economic Development Group / Renewable Energy Subgroup
Office phone: (+47) 51516623 / Mobile phone: (+47)
95200361
Rogaland County Council, Postboks 130, 4001 Stavanger
, Norway
Erik.Lindboe@rogfk.no