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Europeans visit Aberdeen to discuss energy plans

Dozens of European delegates will arrive in the Granite City this week to discuss renewable and sustainable energy, as well as energy saving plans.

They will be attending the North Sea Sustainable Energy Planning and the Mitigation in Urban Areas: Solutions for Innovative Cities (MUSIC) projects partner meeting, hosted by Aberdeen City Council.

More than 65 delegates from eight European countries will arrive in Aberdeen tomorrow [Wednesday, 16 November] to take part in three days of meetings at Marischal College, the Town House and the Beach Ballroom.

Involvement in these projects allows Aberdeen City Council to share expertise and knowledge with other European partners and obtain external funding to help implement the authority’s climate change and energy efficiency objectives.

The North Sea SEP project, which shares best practice of sustainable energy plans and concepts, involves 17 organisations from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden.

It aims to develop and promote a model for regional development focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency. For Aberdeen this has meant the development of a heat-mapping tool for the city which will help plan the extension of the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) scheme and identify areas suitable for renewable heat installations. The project develops practical tools for planning and decision-making in energy provision.

The North Sea SEP project is a three year project part-funded by the Interreg 4B North Sea Region programme.

The MUSIC project involves five cities – Aberdeen, Ghent, Ludwigsburg, Montreuil and Rotterdam – in North West Europe which co-operate and exchange knowledge to create an energy transition in their city.

The project aims to investigate sustainable energy solutions for energy saving and for new ways of cooperation between the private, public and academic stakeholders in the city. The project is assisted by experts from the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) and CPR Henri Tudor.

Each city will develop an energy transition vision or strategy and action plan using transition management, a method in which an urban sustainability vision is developed by a series of stakeholders workshops. The project will create a GIS information system that will incorporate energy data into urban and energy planning.

The MUSIC project is a three year project part-funded by the Interreg 4B North West Europe Programme.

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