We welcome the UK Government taking the first steps to decouple gas and electricity prices. This has the potential to bring down household energy costs and also make district heating projects financially viable. However, the announcements show a lack of…
Members are now busy completing their data for the this year’s State of the Sector (SotS) report and we are encouraging more to do so as this is one of the most important pieces of research work in our sector.…
Community Power Outer Hebrides (CPOH), a consortium of community-owned generators operating in the Outer Hebrides, has written to all wind developers with projects in the Outer Hebrides to ask them to commit to offering the opportunity to local communities to purchase at least 20%…
Thanks to lobbying by the Scottish Community Coalition on Energy and local communities across the nation, Scotland’s world leading Community Wealth Building Bill now rightly recognises energy as a community wealth building asset. Our successful amendments to the Bill mean that: Community wealth building…
Community Energy Scotland welcomes the publication of the Local Power Plan by Great British Energy and the UK Government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. Although the plan’s commitments are significantly scaled back from the original commitments within Labour’s…
There is a risk of a complete standstill for Scotland’s community energy sector following the results of the connection queue reform being announced by the National Energy System Operator (NESO). The reform has been designed to streamline the process for…
“Connection,” “Shared Experience,” and “Curiosity” were just a few of the key words that emerged from our Gathering of community groups in Shetland in September. See the link below for our summary report. These community groups are members of Expert…
Watch our conference reel from the day’s events in September! Full report out soon. FULLY BOOKED! Contact communications@communityenergy.scot for the ticket waiting list Join an interactive day full of inspiring speakers, meet other Community Energy Scotland members and engage with…
Over £5.5 million will support 46 community groups in Scotland to install energy generation schemes and benefit communities, an announcement from the Scottish Government stated today. This combined grant funding comes from the Scottish Government and GB Energy and is…
Support for community groups exploring community energy for the first time The Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) provides funding and support to help communities to benefit from the transition to net zero. The scheme is delivered by…
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