Community Power Outer Hebrides

Community Power Outer Hebrides (CPOH) is a consortium of six community generators operating wind turbines in the Outer Hebrides set up in November 2015, representing the UK’s largest community energy sector, with a total of 23.5MW of community-owned renewable generation. Led and facilitated by Community Energy Scotland.

The general purposes of the consortium are to provide the community groups with a closely working network, share relevant information, achieve stronger representation, influence policy, regulation, or commercial issues that may arise, provide training and capacity building, facilitate liaison with key stakeholders, and measure the social and economic impact of the wind turbine projects in the Outer Hebrides.

Who We Are

Community Power Outer Hebrides comprises the following community groups which operate large revenue-generating wind turbines: 

What We Do

Community Power Outer Hebrides members’ services and benefits:

• Partner calls in order to share information and learn from the different projects
• Co-ordination and collective representation of communal/shared operational problems
• Co-ordination of collective responses to consultations and strategy developments
• Transfer/peer group interaction with access to expert advice and support
• Representation on collective issues and lobbying in relation to policy changes or key issues which may affect the energy projects
• Research, guidance and advice on topics of particular relevance to the consortium’s energy projects
• Facilitation and coordination of relevant training as prioritised by the community groups each year
• Social & economic impact measurement support

Each Trust pays an annual subscription to Community Energy Scotland to access the CPOH services.

For further information on Community Power Outer Hebrides please contact Beatriz Maroto, Outer Hebrides Community Support Specialist, based in Lewis.