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Implementation

Part of our project model: installing solar PV panels on a community building. This looks at the steps you'll go through on our project.

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Delivery

Part of our project model: installing solar PV panels on a community building. This section looks at what you will need to do before you can install s...

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Preparation

Part of our project model: installing solar PV panels on a community building. This section looks at what you'll need to do before you can install.

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Strathaven Airfield

Strathaven Airfield is Scotland’s oldest continually used airstrip and the third oldest operational airfield on the west of Scotland mainland. It wa...

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The Shieling Project

Technology: 3.15kW solar PV panels plus 3.8kWh LifePO battery, and biomass system (30 kW log boiler)

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Glasgow Community Energy

Technology: 91kW Solar PV panels Location: Glasgow City CARES funding: £59,255 capital loan and enablement grant Date installed/operational: Septembe...

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Nairn Community and Arts Centre

Project name: Nairn Community and Arts Centre

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Invitation to Tender (ITT) template: solar 50kW feasibility, design and development

Invitation to Tender (ITT) templates contain outline work briefs for consultants for specific stages of project development.

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Requesting quotations from installers

Applying for CARES funding? We’ve put together some text that you can use when contacting installers for quotations.

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Project model: solar PV installation on a community building

This project model is aimed at local communities looking to install solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on a community building.

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Loch Ness Hub

Project name: Loch Ness Hub Technology: 5.2 kWp Solar photovoltaic (PV) system and a 7kW air source heat pump Location: Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire...

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