Without CES support, our project would not have gone ahead. CES’ development officer role was vital in steering our ideas and driving them through to reality. His professional approach and knowledge was impressive, as was his wider appreciation of pressures on community groups and the pressures we were under at a very basic level of running a charitable organisation. I don’t think we would have managed without CES’ direct support.

We couldn’t have developed our 9 MW wind farm without the help of CES and 8 years later it remains indispensable to us for advice and support on everything to do with community energy.

As a charity, we were extremely grateful for the support, guidance and help given to us by Community Energy Scotland.

Since taking up the role of Development Manager at the Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society, I have found the N76 team, in particular Rosie, to be approachable and knowledgeable. The contacts I have made have helped the Society to further their commitment to affordable and accessible transport. With the help and advice of others within the N76, we are on our way to securing funding for a new minibus which will be more accessible for those with reduced mobility. This has only been possible with the support of the N76 group as I wasn’t sure how to secure the funding or indeed, just how important community transport is to rural areas.

Community Energy Scotland has provided valuable support, knowledge and encouragement to our community group from the start to the finish of our renewable energy project.

As an organisation we are very grateful to Community Energy Scotland for their invaluable assistance with our project.