It was a good turnout at the first Edinburgh Community Solar AGM with over 60 members turning up to Currie High School on Saturday 16th April. Richard Dixon, Chair of ECSC gave a welcoming speech and after formal business, the members heard from Stuart Hay who gave a presentation about the background of the project.…

Our 25 pre start visits are now completed. Our hosts have been welcoming, and even excited by the project. Our team has been Richard Witney, project manager, Johanna Carrie representing the board, Paul Hogan from our installers Emtec or at least one of his colleagues, and Brian Roache , sometimes with one or more of…

 The Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative is encouraging investors to move quickly as the UK government has just announced plans to remove community energy projects from its Enterprise Investment Scheme, which allows investors to claim income tax relief of 30 per cent on their investment. The innovative co-operative was launched last month (September 29) and has…

It’s great news – we are delighted to be able to inform you that we have received advanced assurance from HMRC that Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative qualifies for EIS tax relief on shares. This means that those who buy shares in ECSC receive 30% income tax relief on the money invested. See HMRC website for more…

Our Directors attended the Greenpeace Scotland Eco Fair on Sunday 4th October. They were delighted with the interest expressed by the attendees. We now have printed copies of the share offer document available – click here to request a copy by post or to download a  copy now.

Thank you to Gylemuir Primary School for hosting a fantastic share offer launch. The sun was shining and pupils were show casing “weather” sun glasses and solar inventions. Heather “the weather” Reid was on hand to formally launch the offer. Gyelmuir Primary will benefit from the installation of solar panels from the co-operative.  

We are delighted to announce that we are launching our share offer on Tuesday 29th September. The official launch ceremony will take place at Gylemuir Primary School, one of the schools which has been selected to have panels installed. The launch event is invite only and a number of local councillors, industry professionals and community…

The Council will work in partnership with the Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative (ECSC) – supported by Energy4All – to deliver the initiative, which is believed to be the largest community-owned urban renewable energy project in the UK. Buildings such as schools, leisure and community centres will be chosen to host the solar technology, which is…

Our share offer will be launching in the summer of 2015 – please click here to register your interest and we will email you a copy of the share offer once it becomes available.  You will also receive an invitation to our launch event