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Clyde Gateway Community Renewable Energy Initiative

Project lead: Clyde Gateway Developments Limited

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H3 – Hillfoots Heat and Hydropower

The project aimed to install up to 100 sites with a hydropower turbine which when combined with a water source heat pump would generate genuinely ‘g...

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Blackwood Housing

Blackwood Housing is a registered social landlord and is a leading national housing and care provider specialising in homes and care services for peop...

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Heat Smart Orkney

The Orkney Islands generate 115% of their energy needs through the Islands’ 23 wind turbines; any excess generated energy is transported to the Scot...

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Micro District Heating and Electric Minibus Charging Project

Fetlar Developments Ltd, a company limited by guarantee with charitable status, was set up in 2008 to address economic and depopulation of the remote ...

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Dalavich Hydro

The communities of Inverinan, Dalavich, Lochavich and Kilmaha, which form the Dalavich Improvement Group (DIG), were planning to build a 350kW run of ...

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Ardgour Outdoor Centre Hydro Power Utilisation Project

The Abernethy Trust was established in 1971 and runs residential outdoor centres in Scotland. At their Ardgour Centre (now Kilmalieu) they were succes...

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Applecross Micro Hydro: Local Power (Hydro to Heat Scheme)

Following an initial desktop survey of eight rivers and burns in the Applecross area in 2009, several sites were identified as suitable for locating a...

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