Our marine expert established that both loops would be viable & could meet heat demand for the building but, without drilling costs, indicative costs for a sea loop were substantially lower than a ground loop & there was an added bonus with a sea loop... 1/2 #argyllenergyhour

2/2 ...In order to make infrastructure robust enough for the exposed site, the min recommended size for a sea loop provides additional capacity & could serve more than just the hostel building. #argyllenergyhour #marinerenewables #renewableheat #sustainableislands #heatnetwork

We're now working with communities on Islay / Jura / Colonsay to see if there is an appetite for a community owned #HeatNetwork and our research is available to anyone interested in exploring the option of #HeatFromTheSea. #argyllenergyhour #communityenergy #localenergy #wshp

We're happy to share our research findings with folk interested in looking at the potential for ground & water source heat pumps - so let us know if you have any qs! #watersourceheatpump #wshp #heatpump #groundsourceheatpump #gshp #heatnetwork #marinerenewables #argyllenergyhour

We think there is great potential for looking at #WaterSourceHeatPump #Heatnetworks across coastal #Argyll & beyond to improve heating options in remote areas & earn £ for communities. Do you agree? @MullandIonaCT @MullandIonaCT Jura Development Trust Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust #argyllenergyhour

And if anyone is on Colonsay this Wednesday - feel free to pop in to our drop in session and say hi! #argyllenergyhour #colonsay #isleofcolonsay

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Jealous of colleagues on #GeoAtlantic project getting to see the sea-fed #WaterSourceHeatPump at Orkney Islands Council. Looking fwd to hearing more about Orkney's use of #HeatFromTheSea. Massive potential in #Argyll! #wshp #heatpump #sustainableislands #argyllenergyhour GeoAtlantic

Once again HUGE potential here........... Folk forget #Argyll is an island council but I would take a guess we have the largest number of individual ferry crossings of any local council area. Anyone have the stats??? #argyllenergyhour #sustainableislands #hydrogen #islandlife

As part of the #GeoAtlantic project on the west cost of Scotland we're mainly concentrating on ground and water source #heatpumps. Elsewhere GeoAtlantic partners are mapping this kind of activity. #geothermal #chp #renewableenergy inews.co.uk/news/environme…

ALIenergy Jura Development Trust Islay Energy Trust FyneHEAT Awesome Energy (Dalriada) Ltd Scottish Islands Federation A result of a mammoth amount of consultation with island communities this summer, this is the first Islands Plan & one of possibly 2 or 3 in existence (Croatia & possibly Japan being the others). The Plan aims to put island communities at the very heart of policy.

Lots of interesting sessions on energy at the #VirtualIslandSummit including #energystorage, #electricvehicles, resilient island #enerysystems, #microgrids, & this one on island #geothermal - one for you GeoAtlantic! islandinnovation.co/event/island-g… #sustainableislands #islandlife