The project consortium consists of partners with expertise in community renewable energy, biotechnology, electrical innovation, aquaculture, and economic development
Xanthella Ltd
An Argyll-based SME, Xanthella designs and manufactures equipment for algal biomanufacturing and research. It leads the ASLEE project with its Chief Executive, Dr Douglas McKenzie acting as the project’s coordinator. Xanthella are also responsible for leading the technical programme, stakeholder engagement and project legacy.
Visit Partners Website
ALIenergy Ltd
Argyll, Lomond and the Islands Energy Ltd is the energy agency for Argyll and is a charity limited by guarantee, with a commitment to promote sustainable energy use and renewable energy generation, to address fuel poverty and reduce carbon emissions. It provides the secretariat for the project and is responsible for dissemination.
Visit Partners Website
Woodlands Renewables Ltd / Ardnamurchan Estate
Ardnamurchan Estate – provides a grid constrained, rural location for the main PBR array. The estate has a track record in innovation taking advantage of technology, already having wind, hydro, biomass and wave generators on site, and plans for further development.
Visit Partners Website
Wood Group
Wood Group: world-wide renewable energy consultancy involved in community energy projects, currently working to develop innovative solutions to combine renewable energy with other investment opportunities in remote communities. Wood Group provides support on integration with existing and planned renewable energy projects including feasibility, technical analysis of supply options, metering requirements and analysis of electric demand/generation balances.
Visit Partners Website
University of Stirling / Marine Environmental Research Laboratory
University of Stirling/ Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL), Machrihanish: part of the Institute of Aquaculture and ranked top among UK institutions focusing on aquaculture research. MERL will provide nutritional analysis of algae, investigating the effects of light periodicity and intermittency on nutritional composition and the effects of nutrient supply in relation to fluctuations in light regime in order to optimise the nutritional quality of algal products.
Visit Partners Website
VCharge UK Ltd
VCharge UK Ltd: delivers services to electric grid operators and other electricity market participants using Aggregated Transactive Load. They currently deliver grid services on six grids in five countries. VCharge will help develop the parameters within which the PBRs will be able to lower energy costs and will also design the load control interface and algorithms to actually deliver those grid services.
Visit Partners Website
FAI Aquaculture / Ardtoe Marine Research Facility
FAI Aquaculture / Ardtoe Marine Research Facility: carries out a wide range of applied R&D projects in the area of marine aquaculture including large scale commercial culture of a wide range of microalgae species. They will test and compare the cost effective productivity and nutritional quality of a range of algal species by the PBR, focusing on its application for oyster production.
Visit Partners Website
University of the West Scotland
University of the West Scotland: UWS is a leading-edge modern university committed to accessibility and wide geographical coverage across the West of Scotland. It has significant research and knowledge-exchange expertise in business start-up, business processes, renewable energy and rural development. UWS provides the project with business strategy, financial, economic and market analysis expertise and also technical expertise in electrical and engineering technologies.
Visit Partners Website