Solar Share Offer NOW CLOSED We’re delighted to announce that as of Thursday November 26th we have received investment totalling £390,000 which means we have raised our entire target funds. This is a huge success in such a short period – far more than we expected – and means that we’re now able to go ahead […]
Continue reading... 17/11/2015
16/11/2015
On Tuesday November 17th, ECOE will be hosting our Share Launch Event at the offices of Stephens Scown Solicitors on Southernhay in Exeter. The event will run from 6.45pm through until 9pm and is open to anybody interested in investing in ECOE or simply coming along to celebrate the launch of this Community Share Offer […]
Continue reading... 21/10/2015
Solar PV1 Update: December 2015 As you will know, ECOE launched our first Community Share Offer last month, aiming to raise the funds required to complete all planned installations that form Solar PV1. To all our surprise, we managed to raise an incredible £390,000 in under 3 weeks, an immense achievement given the timescales involved… […]
Continue reading... 18/09/2015
With the government FiT review in Jan and planned reductions up to as high as 87%, we are now working against the clock to sign up as many sites as possible for Solar PV1 There are two ways of doing this ECOE pre-registering the roof and as a community energy group we then have […]
Continue reading... 20/08/2015
A big welcome to Miles David and Alistair Mumford who were elected to our Board of Directors at our AGM on 22nd June. Miles has spent 10 years in recruitment for the low carbon and sustainability industry and is a co-founder & Director of global recruitment, market intelligence and business development company Lewis Davey. […]
Continue reading... 20/08/2015
December News We’re all expectantly awaiting news on the future of the Feed-in Tariff from the government. It would seem likely that the Department of Energy & Climate Change will report back on the consultation to MPs on the 16 December. We should then learn of the government’s intentions which could well come into force by […]
Continue reading... 20/08/2015
Relight My Fire Festival comes alive! ReLight My Fire Festival, which saw artists bring energy to the streets and venues of Exeter between 18th and 21st September, was a great success. Thank you to everyone who took part or came along to one of the many events – all the pedallers who powered the bands at Exeter Quay, […]
Continue reading... 20/08/2015
Solar PV1 We are very happy to announce that we have signed a Heads of Terms agreement with Exeter College for a 150kWp installation at their Technology Centre on Cumberland Way. There is still a lot to work to do but this is a significant step after a long process of developing an attractive enough […]
Continue reading... 21/07/2015
Government Policy on Renewables There is uncertainty in the green energy sector as the government moves forward with changes to the way subsidies, green taxes and industry regulations are managed. Firstly, the government have announced that the Renewables Obligation, a subsidy for large scale renewables projects, will be removed for onshore wind a year […]
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ECOE News and Events There will not be a second Community Share Offer in January 2016 as previously planned. This is no longer required due to funds being raised in November. If you are a new Member/Shareholder, your Share Certificate will be issued on/by December 14th. Visit our new Members Page for more. We are working with […]
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