Our March 2017 newsletter is available in PDF format below. Newsletter March 2017

We are currently planning next year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held at 1.30pm on Saturday 11th February 2017 at Currie Community High School, 31 Dolphin Avenue, Currie, Edinburgh EH14 5RD. All members have been notified via email and papers will follow in due course.

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…

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…

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

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…

Our installations are progressing well, keeping up to the projected timeline. It has been a pleasure to visit one school where the work was completed and an other where it was on-going. I do laugh at myself in high viz vest and hard hat ! I had not realised what a range of strengths and…

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…