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Local Electricity Discount Schemes (LEDS)

Local electricity discount schemes (LEDS) can be designed to provide an annual discount on the electricity bills of consumers living near participatin...

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Inch Park Community Sports Club

Technologies: Solar PV, LED lighting Location: Inch Park Community Sports Club, Edinburgh CARES funding: £8,280 capital grant, Let’s Do Net Zero Co...

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Eckford Village Hall

Technology: air-to-air heat pump Location: Eckford, Scottish Borders CARES funding: CARES capital grant of £9,210 Date installed/operational: Decembe...

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Cullen Community and Residential Centre

The Cullen Community and Residential Centre in Cullen, Moray, provides a wide range of indoor and outdoor facilities for community groups, activities ...

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St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh

St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral is a prominent building in the West End of Edinburgh. Built in the nineteenth century in the Gothic style, it is now a...

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Development of hydrogen projects in Scotland

The report is structured as an introduction to the three individual projects and an analysis of lessons learned as outlined by interview respondents f...

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Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC)

Established in March 2008, Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC) purchased the former RAF Machrihanish airbase in May 2012 from the Ministry o...

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Langholm Initiative: the potential for renewable energy technology near Langholm

Langholm Initiative is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Its projects are dedicated to improving the communities of Eskdale inc...

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ParkPower feasibility study

ParkPower is a programme led by Greenspace Scotland with partner organisations Falkirk Council, North Lanarkshire Council and Falkirk Community Trust....

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Trees for Life

Trees for Life (TFL) is a registered Scottish charity with offices in Findhorn Bay and a 10,000-acre conservation estate in Dundreggan, 35 miles south...

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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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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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