First steps on a journey towards a sustainable energy supply for Skye and Raasay

Skye Climate Action and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have begun a conversation about community engagement and potential future community energy benefits.

Under its Resilience as a Service programme, SSEN is proposing a two-year trial to provide a system to quickly restore supply to customers when there is a fault on the line, replacing back-up diesel generators with a 4 MW battery. This would cover 90% of all potential demand for 4 hours. The battery could eventually facilitate the development of new green energy systems based in the community.

The meeting with SSEN and E-ON will inform the public of the planned trial, and ask and answer questions, marking the start of a broader engagement plan. The meeting will focus on the aim of the trial – resilience to paying customers – as this has to be in place before anything else can happen.

Please email us for the MS teams link for the meeting.