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Empowering communities. Shaping the future

Community Energy Scotland helps our members’ communities participate in and promote understanding of the equitable benefits of the energy system, by supporting  project development through capacity building and technical advice.

Your Voice
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What we do

Community Energy Scotland is a member-led, independent organisation providing practical & technical support for community project development. We work in partnership with community groups and others who share our values, building their understanding and capacity to create more democratic, sustainable and low carbon solutions.

By enabling our members to link up and network with each other, we also create insightful opportunities within the community energy sector. And as the collective voice of community groups looking to develop and maintain low carbon solutions, we represent our members at government and regulatory levels.

What’s happening? And dates for your diary

Energy Learning Network

We are part of the Energy Learning Network, a UK-wide support programme powering forward community energy projects helping more groups launch or grow schemes that decarbonise the grid, create local resilience, help reduce energy bills, and create meaningful benefits for local people. Funded by The National Lottery.

Find out more in the link

Energy Learning Network

We help communities maximise local engagement and create solutions for the best possible outcomes. We also cultivate networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities, whilst working in the background promoting the community energy voice which is backed by evidence from our members.

Get in touch to discuss how we might be able to support you info@communityenergy.scot

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Your Voice

The national independent voice on community energy in Scotland, representing our members and their needs.

Your Voice
United people of different nationalities as one community

Networking & Insights

Our values for community capacity building mean we provide networking services for members and insightful resources.

Networking & Insights

Consultancy

Practical and technical support for your organisation or community-led business to realise its low carbon ambitions and increase community resilience.

Consultancy

Free membership to our network!

Discover opportunities to help support your community energy and decarbonisation plans. Receive regular updates on our work with members in our member bulletins and stay in touch with the wider community energy network through our interconnections.

  • Access to the Members’ Bulletin
  • Partnerships supporting your projects & innovations
  • Our strong voice representing yours
  • Discounted access to CES conferences & selected events
  • A listing on our online Members’ Directory
  • Free advertising for vacancies & volunteers
Free Sign-up

Testimonials

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

Sheila Campbell
Eckford Village Hall Trust, Scottish Borders

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.

Calum MacDonald
Point and Sandwick, Isle of Lewis

Community Energy Scotland has offered comprehensive support throughout our CNI Project journey. CES’s knowledge and previous experience in project development have assisted us in taking forward a range of initiatives that are benefiting the community of Barra & Vatersay. We are thankful for their assistance and recommend membership to other community groups!

Rosie MacLeod
Voluntary Action Barra & Vatersay

For NVLT the N76 partnership has been invaluable for our recent work on active travel. We have been able to benefit from the experience and knowledge of both neighbouring N76 partners and projects furthers afield to help us progress. The KPT Development Trust’s active travel path and e-bike hire scheme has been especially helpful. By networking with N76 partners at regular meetings and offline conversations, as well as support from the N76 development officer with funding applications, we’ve been able to purchase e-cargo bikes and e-bikes during year 2 and will set up a hire scheme this year. We have also been able to keep ahead of changes to active travel initiatives and have through discussions with Dumfries and Galloway Council and Swestrans progressed our proposed active travel path from Closeburn to Thornhill and start the development of a bike library and repair facility as part of encouraging more walking and cycling in Closeburn.

Mike Steele
Nith Valley Leaf Trust, Dumfries & Galloway

Community Energy Scotland were very helpful in assisting us to understand our new energy bills and meters, and supported us in looking at pricing. It’s well worth being a member!

Ronnie Mackinnon
Kildonan Museum

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

Bill McDiarmid
Vale of Leven Baptist Church
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Community Energy ‘State of the Sector’ overview: Supporting the voice of community energy in Scotland and the UK.

Open overview
  • Community Group Members 459
  • Community Projects Supported 1500
  • Community Owned Energy Capacity 113 MW (Scotland)
  • The Fishermen Three Co-owned Windfarm Generation 161,540 MWh
  • The Fishermen Three Carbon Savings 26,970 tonnes