July Projects Update Solar PV1 We continue to progress our rooftop PV project Solar PV1, working through contacts we obtained from a roof survey commissioned earlier in the year. Our project management team and a group of dedicated volunteers getting in touch with a wide range of community organisations, charities and local businesses and hopefully […]
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25/06/2015
ECOE Public meeting and AGM – Report We had a great turnout for our public meeting and AGM on Monday 22d June – thanks to everyone who came. It was, as always, a really engaging and positive event, focusing on a review of our first year and future possibilities including renewable heat, local energy supply, […]
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ECOE Public Meeting & AGM – 22nd June 6pm Stephens Scown Solicitors Meeting Room, Curzon House, Southernhay We’d like to invite everyone to our public meeting to review our first year and look forward to what we can achieve in the future. ECOE Exec Chair Gill Wyatt will open the session with a presentation on […]
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Ground mount solar: An update and clarification ECOE wants to clarify the situation regarding previously saying the ground mount solar opportunity involved no high grade agricultural land. We initially thought the offer involved a 5MW site (originally 7.5MW including Grade 2 land) + a 4MW site ie the Grade 2 land had been taken out. […]
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June update on Solar PV1 Our main focus at the moment is working through the data we commissioned from mapping experts Bluesky, which gave us a database of over 300 roofs in Exeter that could be suitable for our project. We have now sorted them into categories and we’re focusing initially on local businesses, charities […]
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ECOE and ground mounted solar We have been offered an exciting opportunity to partner with a solar farm developer who are offering us ownership of 1/3rd of two local ground-mounted solar sites. Grid connection is obtained and planning is still needed. Many community energy groups have successful ground mount projects including Bath and West Community […]
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Upcoming ECOE Events Respect Festival – Sunday 7th June, Belmont Park If you’re free this weekend make sure you pop along to Exeter Respect Festival – the city’s annual celebration of diversity which uses the performing and creative arts to engage the wider community in saying no to racism and all forms of prejudice. It’s […]
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Local news and events Regen SW/Stephens & Scown event: Can local energy supplies be a smarter choice for the local economy? 16 June, 12-2pm, Curzon House, Southernhay. Few spaces left, please contact marketing@stephens-scown.co.uk to register. Details here Regen SW Community Energy Markets Conference 25 June, M Shed, Bristol. Details here. Regen SW community energy forum […]
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Respect Festival – Sunday 7th June, Belmont Park We’re delighted to announce we have a stall at the wonderful Exeter Respect Festival – the city’s annual celebration of diversity which uses the performing and creative arts to engage the wider community in saying no to racism and all forms of prejudice. The event is on […]
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Public Meeting (6pm) and AGM (8pm) Monday 22 June Meeting Room, Stephens Scown Solicitors, Southernhay, Exeter Details are being finalised, but we’d like you to pencil in this date for our first AGM. Before we launch our share offer we technically only have 8 members – our founding Directors – but ECOE is a broad […]
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