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The daily management affairs of Edinburgh Community Solar Co-op are performed on our behalf by Energy4All, one of the UK’s leading social enterprises in the delivery of community owned renewable schemes. Now, having worked closely with us and many other community owned societies throughout the UK and Scotland for several years, they’re seeking to take…
In February 2019 we were delighted to award the first tranche of grants under our Community Benefit Fund. Congratulations go to: Liberton Primary School who will receive £3000 toward their ‘Lighting up Play’ project to light up their school ‘Playbox’ and play area so children can play outside in the winter months. Oaklands School who…
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Our Autumn/Winter 2018 Newsletter is now available to read. Click on the image below to view online or alternatively click here to download a pdf version. This edition includes an update on plans for phase 2 of the Solar Coop, a goodbye message from a founding board member, and feedback from the members meeting in October.
Our 2018 Community Benefit Fund has launched! This year’s fund is only open to those 24 buildings hosting our solar panels. Deadline is 31st December 2018! Please visit the community benefit fund page The Community Benefit Fund for ECSC Host Buildings must be used to deliver projects which meet the co-operative’s objectives: ● Help make…
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…
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…
Last year we shared the story of our co-operative in a video produced in collaboration with Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN). We can now share another section of the video, this time featuring ECSC Director Gail Wilson. Gail is an Ambassador for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, a national coalition of organisations, trade and student unions…