• EDINBURGH SOLAR CO-OP POWERS UP AT CURRIE HIGH

    Currie High School pupils helped celebrate the completion of a project to install energy-saving solar panels across a range of Council-owned buildings on Friday 7th October. Panels have been installed on 24 buildings, including schools, community and leisure centres, in partnership with the Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative (ECSC), supported by Energy4All. The initiative, which is…

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  • Press Release – Project launch – 7th October 2016

    Currie High School pupils helped celebrate the completion of a project to install energy-saving solar panels across a range of Council-owned buildings  on Friday, 7 October. Members of the solar co-op were joined by councillors, pupils and community representatives to toast the occasion over a solar panel-themed cake at Currie High School – the last…

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  • October 2016 Newsletter

    We are delighted to report that all 24 buildings in our project now have panels installed. For further information please see the attached newsletter written by The Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative Engagement Team. Edinburgh Solar Newsletter October 2016

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  • UK’s largest community-owned urban solar farm starts to generate electricity

    Pupils at Oaklands School celebrate landmark moment Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative are hoping for plenty of sunshine as our solar panels start generating ‘power for the people’ at Oaklands School on Ferry Road, Edinburgh The school is the second building in the city to get solar panels as part of the UK’s largest community-owned urban…

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  • Applications now open for 2026 Community Fund
    Applications now open for 2026 Community Fund

    We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2026 Edinburgh Community Solar Co-op Community Fund. Organisations can apply for grants to fund the following: Last year we made 14 awards to organisations in Edinburgh, you can find out who and watch our compilation video here. Applications for this year will be…

  • Improvements to our solar array at Tumbles
    Improvements to our solar array at Tumbles

    At the end of April, we completed long-planned work to improve the efficiency of our solar array on the roof of Tumbles at Portobello. We have over 400 panels on Tumbles’ roof, with a generating capacity of 125kw. To give an idea of what this means, common residential solar panel system sizes in the UK…

  • Stories from our Community Fund
    Stories from our Community Fund

    We are delighted to share a compilation of case study videos from our most recent Community Fund recipients. This video was shared with members at our Annual Meeting in March. Last year, profits from our solar panels across the city helped to funded projects include a musical instruments library, sports clubs, energy saving lighting, youthwork…

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