Islands Centre for Net Zero

These one-page reports are the result of ‘backcasting’ from the Net Zero achievements envisioned in the 6 short stories 'A Day in the Net Zero Life'. Read the short stories first and then look up each footnote, here, in this document to see how ICNZ is on the way to achieving this. 'A Day in the Net Zero Life' is a collection of stories that are ‘sketches’ of possible net zero futures imagined by members of the Islands Centre for Net Zero (ICNZ), who are based across the Scottish islands. They are not intended to limit the future but, instead, open up the possibility for what living and thriving in a low carbon future could be like for everyday islanders. Created by the ICNZ Vision WorkGroup in September 2025. Written by Laura Watts. Contributions by Paolo Cherubini, Leanne Fischler, Kirsty Groundwater, Mark Hull, Karen Jamieson, Matthew Logan, Jordan Low, Joseph Najduch, Elaine Salomon, Claire Thomson, Catherine Waters.

This collection of stories are ‘sketches’ of possible net zero futures imagined by members of the Islands Centre for Net Zero (ICNZ), who are based across the Scottish islands. They are not intended to limit the future but, instead, open up the possibility for what living and thriving in a low carbon future could be like for everyday islanders. The footnotes connect elements of the story back to ICNZ activities and aims, as well as related net zero achievements across the islands. There are 6 stories in the collection. Created by the ICNZ Vision WorkGroup in September 2025. Written by Laura Watts. Contributions by Paolo Cherubini, Leanne Fischler, Kirsty Groundwater, Mark Hull, Karen Jamieson, Matthew Logan, Jordan Low, Joseph Najduch, Elaine Salomon, Claire Thomson, Catherine Waters.

SSEN Dataset shapefile with primary substations. From SSEN Open Data Portal June 2026

Orkney ANM 2018 CSV: half-hourly renewable generation, demand and curtailment data sourced from SSEN

Orkney ANM 2016 CSV: half-hourly renewable generation, demand and curtailment data sourced from SSEN

Flowchart and methodology document describing the conversion methodology for the 2022 regional GHG emissions baseline.

SSEN Dataset shapefile with primary substations. From SSEN Open Data Portal June 2026

This dataset presents the illustrative supply areas for secondary substations across the SSEN licence areas. The dataset is generated using the point locations of secondary substations and generating catchment areas (Voronoi polygons) for each of these substations. Publisher SSEN Distribution

Orkney ANM 2018 CSV: half-hourly renewable generation, demand and curtailment data sourced from SSEN

Orkney ANM 2019 CSV: half-hourly renewable generation, demand and curtailment data sourced from SSEN