Powering Forward Community Energy
Community Energy Scotland is a delivery partner of the Energy Learning Network, which brings together collaborators across the UK to strengthen the community energy sector. We support people and organisations to take action on energy in their communities, while working with councils, stakeholders and other enablers to create the conditions for community energy to grow and thrive.
- Events – The ELN offers free, open access webinars and training events here
- Support – Access free mentoring and our technical helpline to develop projects here
- Resources – View the UK ELN resource directory and featured tools and guidance here
- Find Community Energy Scotland hosted ELN webinars on our You Tube channel
Technical Helpline
The ELN Technical Helpline provides technical support and advice to Community Energy groups covering:
- Energy Generating Technologies; Energy Efficiency Measures; Energy Monitoring; Metering, Bills & Tariffs; Data Analysis; Carbon Auditing; Feasibility Study; Options Appraisals; Income Generation Models (e.g. Local Energy Markets); Transport Infrastructure; Grid Connections.
- Support and advice can be provided at any stage of a project, from those at initial development phase or community engagement, through to those with existing infrastructure. Note this support focuses on small, specific questions rather than tackling large or complex queries.
- See this link for the helpline Online question form which will be assessed by the technical support team to check it’s something they can help with. Please note you may be contacted by them for more information or to arrange a call.
Widening Participation Toolkit
Our ELN partner, the Centre for Sustainable Energy, have developed this valuable toolkit that brings together the learnings from the Energy Learning Network, and the experience of the participating community groups. It was made possible thanks to the input and collaboration from 23 organisations.
Using this toolkit will help community energy groups increase their impact through greater involvement of people from across their communities.
The Community Learning Exchange – funding in Scotland for our community members to enable visits to community projects for mutual learning and ideas sharing – click on the link for more details of this valuable opportunity!
See Community Energy Scotland’s Resources page full of helpful information, knowledge-sharing webinar recordings, and links
Collaborate with the Energy Learning Network
The Energy Learning Network is more than a partnership of organisations; it is shared infrastructure for the UK community energy sector, helping collaborators to share learning, avoid duplication, identify gaps and work together in ways that strengthens the sector as a whole UK wide.
Contact Community Energy Scotland’s Energy Learning Network Officer, Cath Curd cath.curd@communityenergy.scot, to explore collaboration opportunities, including:
- Use the network as a platform to share your learning – become a paid peer mentor or co-deliver webinars and events.
- Partner on our Community Energy resource directory – add your resources to increase uptake and get access to insights to develop your resources.
- Collaborate on Projects to Reduce Barriers and Accelerate Learning for Community Energy, or explore joint tender opportunities with us.
Keep in Touch
Keep in touch through the Community Energy Scotland newsletter, or sign up to direct updates & news UK-wide Energy Learning Network
You can also sign up to our Scotland based ELN mailing list for updates and events eln@communityenergy.scot
Community Energy Scotland is a delivery partner in the Energy Learning Network alongside climate solutions charity Ashden, the Centre for Sustainable Energy, and leading community energy bodies in every UK nation: Community Energy England, Community Energy Wales, Northern Ireland’s Action Renewables.
The Energy Learning Network is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
