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Pre-Start Visits Completed
Read More: Pre-Start Visits CompletedOur 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…
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Solar investors urged to move quickly to secure EIS tax relief
Read More: Solar investors urged to move quickly to secure EIS tax reliefThe 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…
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Great News – EIS Tax Relief Confirmed
Read More: Great News – EIS Tax Relief ConfirmedIt’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…
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Eco Fair
Read More: Eco FairOur 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.
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Share offer Launched
Read More: Share offer LaunchedThank 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.
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Share Offer Launching 29th September 2015
Read More: Share Offer Launching 29th September 2015We 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…
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THE FUTURE’S BRIGHT FOR COMMUNITY-OWNED SOLAR PROJECT
Read More: THE FUTURE’S BRIGHT FOR COMMUNITY-OWNED SOLAR PROJECTThe 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…
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Launching This Summer
Read More: Launching This SummerOur 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
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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…
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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…
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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…


