OREF regularly organises or co-hosts renewable energy events, attends external events, conferences and industry meetings, and hosts visitors to Orkney. Past events have included everything from informative evening talks to local trade shows, and from consultation meetings to electric vehicle shows.
You can view presentations from past events.
Calendar of Events
Latest Past Events
OREF AGM
King St Halls King Street Halls, KirkwallThe OREF AGM and members discussion will take place on Tuesday 2nd June in the King St Halls, Kirkwall at 7pm. Refreshments will be available from 6.45pm. Following the AGM where reports on the past year are presented and a new Board is elected, there … Read More
Rural Energy Hubs: A place-based model for decarbonisation in rural and island communities
The Charles Clouston Building The Charles Clouston Building, Orkney Research and Innovation Campus, Back Road, StromnessRural Energy Hubs: A place-based model for decarbonisation in rural and island communities The Rural Energy Hubs project, based in Orkney and Shetland, developed a replicable model for a genuinely place-based, community-led approach to overcoming non-technical barriers and accelerating decarbonisation in rural and island … Read More
Burgar Hill Over the Years
Join us for an evening at Burgar Hill, where Melissa Spence of Burgar Hill Renewables will share a bit about the history of the site and the plans to keep generation going at one of the UK's oldest wind farms. Burgar Hill was established … Read More