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Knoydart SLIQ Battery

Knoydart is a remote peninsula on the west coast of Scotland with no road link – the only way of accessing the area is by foot or boat. Knoydart Ren...

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Solar Connected Communities: Inverness Masjid

Project: Solar Connected Communities: Inverness Masjid Technology: 6.4 kW Solar PV and 10.5 kW Battery Storage Location: Inverness town centre CARES f...

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Aberlady Community Association

Aberlady Village Hall is a traditional stone building with slate roof and is around 130 years old. The village hall is a well-used community asset and...

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ACCESS: Assisting Communities to Connect to Electric Sustainable Sources

ACCESS (Assisting Communities to Connect to Electric Sustainable Sources) was a project launched by Community Energy Scotland in cooperation with proj...

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Duddingston solar project

Project: Duddingston Solar Project Technology: 30 kW solar PV Location: Duddingston Primary School, Edinburgh CARES funding: Development loan £4,792....

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Tower Power

Tower Power was led by Community Energy Scotland working in partnership with Our Power, Energy Local, TMA, Glasgow City Council and City of Edinburgh ...

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Solar Connected Communities

The Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme closed to new applications in March 2019. Ofgem offered community organisations a 12-month extension through a simple ...

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Coigach wind turbine

The wind turbine project was a community council legacy taken on by Coigach Community Development Company (CCDC) when it was established in 2010. The ...

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North Uist Wind Turbines

UistWind is a project owned by the North Uist Development Company (Trading) Ltd (NUDC-T), a Community Benefit Society (BenCom). The BenCom was set up ...

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‘Shine On’ – Greener Kirkcaldy’s community building project

Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity and development trust working locally to benefit people and our environment. It would like to see a futur...

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Canna Renewable Energy and Electrification

Technology: Onshore wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) array, battery storage

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Huntly Hydrogen

Technology: Hydrogen generation and refuelling station

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