Our Autumn/Winter 2017 Newsletter is now available to read. Details of our award nominations and educational work are detailed along with future plans for Edinburgh Solar Co-operative. Download the pdf version below ECSC Newsletter (3) Nov 2017

The River Avich hydro project by Awesome Energy Dalriada is in the final stages of development and they plan to start building in May. They are currently running a Community Share Offer aiming to raise £400,000 towards the costs of this 350kW, £1.5m project. The Share Offer is open until 30th April 2017. You can…

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.…