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Blackout! – Is Scotland at risk?

Name: Blackout! – Is Scotland at risk?
Start: 2017-12-06T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2017-12-06T16:30:00+00:00
Location: Edinburgh Napier University

6 December 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Free

Is the risk of a Scottish blackout rising or falling? If “YES” who is responsible? What are the consequences?

Since 2008, electrical power supply and distribution systems in Scotland and the UK have massively changed due mainly to political changes with the adoption of the 2008 Climate Change Act, without due regard to reliability, cost, safety, and the environment.

Reliable and low-cost coal-powered plants are being replaced by intermittent facilities powered by wind and the sun.

This presentation will outline the issue and start to address the key questions is the system robust? Will Scotland experience blackouts?

Speaker – Dr Euan Mearns, Editor, Energy Matters

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Details

Date:: 6 December 2017
Time:: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost:: Free
Website:: http://www.theiet.org/events/local/250265.cfm

Venue

Edinburgh Napier University; Colinton Road,
Edinburgh, EH141DJ United Kingdom
Phone:: 0131 455 4616

Organiser

: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Website:: http://www.theiet.org

Other

Organizer Point of Contact: Frank McCall
Type of event: Talk

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