Energy for rural and island communities : proceedings of the conference, held in Inverness, Scotland, 22-24 September 1980 / edited by John Twidell.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Front Cover; Energy for Rural and Island Communities; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; TOPIC A: Strategy and Action; Chater 1. Energy for Rural and IslandCommunities-An Introduction; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENERGY COMPLEXITIES; CONCLUSION; Chater 2. Energy for Remote Communities-The Strategy; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; Chater 3. Sea Wave Energy for Rural andIsland Communities; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE NATURE OF WAVE ENERGY; 3. COSTS; 4. CONCLUSIONS; ABSTRACT; Chater 4. Utilisation of Waste Heat in aMalt Distillery; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; DISTILLERY PRODUCTION. LOW GRADE HEAT --
THE HORTICULTURAL PROJECTSUMMARY; Chater 5. Cogeneration of Heat and Power-A Market Opportunity; INTRODUCTION; TECHNICAL DETAILS; TOTEM APPLICATIONS; TOTEM DISTRIBUTORS; TOTEM DEMONSTRATION INSTALLATIONS; TOPIC B: Community Energy; Chater 6. Energy Use on the Island ofNorth Ronaldsay, Orkney; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; NORTH RONALDSAY; ENERGY SURVEY; ENERGY USE; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chater 7. Co-operative Electricity Supply-Colonsay; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BACKGROUND. PLANNING AND INSTALLATION OF SCHEMECO-OPERATIVE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION; FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Chater 8. The Fair Isle Community Electricity Scheme; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; THE ISLAND; COMMUNAL SUPPLY; PBIVATE SUPPLIES; FUTURE DEVELOPMENT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chater 9. Thirty Years' Experience of Private Hydro-electric Generation; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; PAPER; Chater 10. Diesel Generation on ScottishIslands by the North of Scotland Hydro-electric Board; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; COMPARISON OF ISOLATED AND MAINLAND SYSTEMS. PLANNING AND ECONOMICSCOMPARISON OF FOSSIL FIRED GENERATION PLANT; TYPES OF DIESEL GENERATORS; FUEL; SITING OF DIESEL STATIONS; OPERATION AND OPERATIONAL COSTS; FUTURE DEVELOPMENT; Chater 11. Review of Developments in theElectric Vehicle Field; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS; DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES; FUTURE PROSPECTS; FURTHER INFORMATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; TOPIC C: Biomass and Ecosystems; Chater 12. The Ark Building Project on Prince Edward Island-Canada; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; PAPER; Chater 13. Renewable Energy Supplies and Environmental Issues; 1. ABSTRACT. 2. KEYWORDS3. EIA --
the main issues; 4. Environmental Effects of Renewable Energy Supplies --
A Review; 5. Environmental Issues and the Planning Process; 6. Conclusions; Chater 14. Wood Energy for Local Use; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; CONVERSION ROUTES; SOURCES OF WOOD FOR FUEL; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chater 15. Fuels from Non-woody Plants; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; BIOFUEL SYSTEMS; BIOFUELS FROM AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS FROM AQUATIC PLANTS; BIOFUELS FROM NATURAL VEGETATION; THE POSSIBILITY OF ENERGY SELF SUFFICIENCY IN RURAL AREAS; REFERENCES.

Energy for Rural and Island Communities covers the proceedings of the conference held in Inverness, Scotland on September 22-24, 1980, which aims to gather several professionals concerned with energy supplies for island and rural communities in the 1980s. The papers in this collection are divided into six themes. The first three major topics the papers tackle are the strategy and action in providing energy resource to rural and island communities; the community energy use and generation; and the renewable energy supplies. Other papers discuss several energy sources such as wind, water, and.