NEMGEN: Urban Wind: Blowing Away the Myth
Date: 7th October 2008
Venue: Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
Time: 12.00-14.00
Prices
Members: Free
Non-members: Free
Substantial increases in the cost of traditional energy supplies – i.e. natural gas and centrally generated electricity – have focused attention on the potential for meeting business energy needs through on-site renewable energy technologies. For a growing number of businesses, these small scale or ‘micro-renewable’ technologies could offer significant cost and environmental benefits.
This free networking lunch, the fourth and final event in the NEMGEN series will take a look into the potential for using wind energy in urban areas as a source of power. Urban wind energy, the use of wind turbines in urban areas, can help to reduce demand on traditional energy supplies, provide a source of clean, local power, and raise awareness of the importance of renewable energy in the context of climate change. Urban wind projects should not be seen as competing with big wind farms: they can’t. However, there are real opportunities to harness the wind in towns and cities. In urban areas, the presence of buildings and other features tends to cause turbulence, and average wind speeds tend to be lower. The challenge of urban wind turbine design is to harness these mixed wind conditions in useful ways.
This event aims to uncover urban wind technologies and their potential for business applications. The event will be of interest to any business seeking to find out more about the practicalities of assessing and implementing urban wind energy projects, and their potential cost and environmental benefits.
