Local Authority Electricity Generation Assets

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Dear Orkney Islands Council,

In order to assist my research into Local Authorities who generate and export electricity from their own energy assets I would be grateful if you could answer the following questions. I am particularly looking at grid connected assets for example solar farms, wind turbines and waste to energy plants, rather than rooftop solar installations which mostly supply electricity to the building they occupy. I’d be grateful if you could answer the following questions: -

1) Do you own or operate electricity generation assets which export to the grid?
2) If so, what technologies? And are they ‘co-located’? E.g., a solar farm with a battery.
3) How much electricity (in kWh) would you expect to be exported, per asset, per year?
4) When were the assets commissioned?
5) What is the current contractual arrangement to sell the power, to whom is it sold and what is the contract end date?
6) Does your local authority have any plans in place to acquire, build or invest in electricity generation assets in the future?

Many thanks,

Rebecca Brown

foi, Orkney Islands Council

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Ann Muir
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Strategy, Performance & Business Solutions
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Tel: 01856 873535 ext 2248

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foi, Orkney Islands Council

Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED

Dear Madam

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

I refer to your email dated 9 February 2023 and received on 10 February 2023, our reference is FOI 2023-0207.

I am pleased to give the information you requested and hope that it meets your requirements.

1) Do you own or operate electricity generation assets which export to the grid?
No
2) If so, what technologies? And are they ‘co-located’? E.g., a solar farm with a battery.
N/A

3) How much electricity (in kWh) would you expect to be exported, per asset, per year?
N/A

4) When were the assets commissioned?
N/A

5) What is the current contractual arrangement to sell the power, to whom is it sold and what is the contract end date?
N/A

6) Does your local authority have any plans in place to acquire, build or invest in electricity generation assets in the future?
The Council is developing three wind farm sites under ‘Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project’, with a planned total installed capacity of around 90MW. More details on the project can be found on the Council Website at https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Council/C/orkn...

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Information Governance Officer
Strategy, Performance & Business Solutions
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
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