Energy supply and use on the small Scottish island of Eigg

J.W. Twidell and A.A. Pinney

Energy, 1985, vol. 10, issue 8, 963-973

Abstract: A total energy census has been obtained for the isolated island of Eigg (56 °53′N, 6 °9′W), with 27 permanently occupied houses and a resident population of 64. Detailed energy audits for every property and energy-consuming activity have been summed to find total island use. Accuracy is checked by 1.(a) obtaining other independent sums for the island supply and intermediate transactions, and2.(b) obtaining a redundancy of information from studying both supply and enduse. Domestic and economic activities on the island require an average per capita power supply of 2.2 kW (19,000 kWh/yr). The 12 types of primary supply (including biofuels, hydro and wind supplies), 10 end-uses (including local transport and agriculture), household diesel electricity generation (average efficiency 17%), and all intermediate transformations have been studied.

Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(85)90008-8

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