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ALL-ENERGY 2015 – GETTING READY T0 WELCOME YOU! facilitated by Smiths Gore and overseen by NFU Scotland with support from the Scottish Government through its Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) funding. The programme will be online by early March. That’s not where relevant sessions end – Local Energy Economies is being organised by Community Energy Scotland; and the ‘quick fire community energy seminar theatre’ will see a host of presentations taking place, many of which will be relevant to visiting farmers (also 6 May). Thursday 7 May sees a community energy session in the main conference; and additionally on both days there are sessions with appeal covering onshore wind; onsite renewables, renewable heat, solar, all The plans are well advanced; having moved from Aberdeen where it forms of bioenergy - the list is almost hundreds of exhibitors from home had a great farming following. endless. These and overseas will be there; the Within the exhibition and conference topics are reflected conference programme with over 400 All-Energy covers all forms of speakers is rapidly taking shape; and renewable energy, and embraces other in the exhibition where visitors can it’s all-systems-go for an exciting key component parts of the industry follow subjectGiant Networking Evening. All the such as finance and funding and grid specific trails such component parts of All-Energy 2015, access. Importantly to readers of the UK’s largest renewable and Farming Express is that there will (as as onshore wind; sustainable energy exhibition and ever) be a session on ‘Renewables for renewable heat; conference, are in place! the Farming Community’ (Wednesday solar; bioenergy th ....... Farmers can The 15 show in the annual series will 6 May, 16:00-17:30), organised in be held Wednesday 6 - Thursday 7 May association with the NFUS Renewable expect a highly rewarding time at in its new home, the SECC in Glasgow, Development initiative, which is the show meeting experts face-to-face, comparing notes with other famers; and finding out about all relevant equipment. No business can afford to ignore energy efficiency – that’s also on the agenda by means of the conference, quick fire seminar theatre and in the exhibition. The ever-popular All-Energ