SunartCommunityHydro @communityhydro
100kW community owned & managed run of river hydro scheme. Helping the community & the environment, and if you buy our community shares - helping you! sunartcommunityrenewables.org.uk Strontian, Scottish Highlands Joined August 2014-
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For clarification, that's each permanent Sunart *household* (not each individual resident)
For clarification, that's each permanent Sunart *household* (not each individual resident)
With the cost of living crisis still very much with us, we're pleased again to support cost of living payments to all Sunart residents via a £35,000 grant to the Sunart Community Benefit Fund. First £150 cheques were distributed by the team at the village Christmas Fair tonight.
As members will know, our AGM is this Thursday 2 November at 7.30pm. A reminder that if you can't make it, please return your proxy form by e-mail so we that can record your votes.
We've just paid annual share interest to members at the usual 4% - keep an eye on your bank accounts tomorrow for it. (and if you're one of only 6 people remaining who have yet to give us your bank details - get in touch with the Treasurer!)
Another milestone reached: we've now bought back over half of the share capital held by members following our initial share offer back in 2015 - not far short of £400,000 to date.
ICYMI, here's the news report from An Là yesterday bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/f…
Taing do @BBCAndreasWolff airson an aithris seo a-nochd
Taing do @BBCAndreasWolff airson an aithris seo a-nochd
Front page news! (it really was 😊) obantimes.co.uk/2022/12/22/sun…
Higher energy prices led to increase in profits of £30,000 p.a. @communityhydro. Will now issue cheques to Strontian residents of £150 to help with cost of living crisis #AnLa @bbcalba 8pm
We're making a cost of living payment to all resident households in our community 👇
We're making a cost of living payment to all resident households in our community 👇
A (hopefully final) plug for our friends @ Glengarry Community Woodlands: can we get their community share offer over the line in its last few days? (& if you're an SCR member who'd like to cash in your shares to reinvest in GCW, speak to our Treasurer!) ethex.org.uk/invest/glengar…
Congrats to @communityhydro for this incredible achievement! Just imagine what all communities could do if they had projects like this to reinvest back into their economy. Now that really is #Power4People!
Congrats to @communityhydro for this incredible achievement! Just imagine what all communities could do if they had projects like this to reinvest back into their economy. Now that really is #Power4People!
Just checking our figures after 7 years of operation and to date we've returned over £200,000 to our community for local development - £205,000 to be precise #communitybenefit #communityrenewables @Power4PeopleUK
We're funded by community shares ourselves, so we know how important they can be for projects - take a look at the latest share offer in the Highlands & Islands pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highla…
Their first share offer in 2014 raised over £750,000, helping them to install a hydroelectric turbine on a former Scottish Water site. That turbine now generates substantial community benefit, as well as a financial return for those who invested.
I think you'd struggle to find somewhere that typifies the ethos of community shares better than Strontian, where residents have run two very successful share offers over the years.
"The potential for community renewable energy to benefit local economies is being blocked by unfair regulations and hugely disproportionate costs" ICYMI, the @Power4PeopleUK campaign is looking to change that & has real momentum. Support them here powerforpeople.org.uk
All society treasurers will share this sentiment - it's *so* much easier (and safer) to do things the 'modern' way. Besides, who wants to have to deposit a cheque during a pandemic?
All society treasurers will share this sentiment - it's *so* much easier (and safer) to do things the 'modern' way. Besides, who wants to have to deposit a cheque during a pandemic?
Absolutely stunning effort 👏 Now, if half of our followers were to invest even the minimum amount in @RaasayHydro, they'd smash their funding target.....
Absolutely stunning effort 👏 Now, if half of our followers were to invest even the minimum amount in @RaasayHydro, they'd smash their funding target.....
Calling all our #community hydro comrades - with 3 days to go @RaasayHydro need a twitterstorm to get to their community shares target raasayrenewables.co.uk @BroomPower @applecrosshydro @Garmony_Hydro @NWMullCommunity @kilfinanforest @Harlaw_Hydro @ACEnergy2016 do your thing!
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@communityhydro I was delighted to help SCH way back at the start when I was MSP. This is what Community looks like. Brilliant!
Great that a community owned hydro scheme can do this, bit of festive genie magic needed to rub off on land based wind farm community benefit funds in particular.
We're making a cost of living payment to all resident households in our community 👇
I am a proud @communityhydro share holder. Come on @SSE @npower_nbs @EON_SE_en and all the other big energy companies - if a tiny community hydro scheme in the Highlands can do, so could you!
Read the full story here thenational.scot/news/23197157.…
Congrats to @communityhydro for this incredible achievement! Just imagine what all communities could do if they had projects like this to reinvest back into their economy. Now that really is #Power4People!
Just checking our figures after 7 years of operation and to date we've returned over £200,000 to our community for local development - £205,000 to be precise #communitybenefit #communityrenewables @Power4PeopleUK
Their first share offer in 2014 raised over £750,000, helping them to install a hydroelectric turbine on a former Scottish Water site. That turbine now generates substantial community benefit, as well as a financial return for those who invested.
I think you'd struggle to find somewhere that typifies the ethos of community shares better than Strontian, where residents have run two very successful share offers over the years.
The public consultation on the development of local energy solutions is open until 4 December 2019: consult.gov.scot/energy-and-cli…
Amazing place and space provided by community action. Congratulations to them.
The Chief Exec hears from Strontian Primary pupils about what they love about their new school building #Technology #Space #YourVoice
Fantastic effort by the Board of SCR to make this progress, on top of donating over £80k to the community which has helped unlock over £1million worth for other activities, the majority supporting our young residents. Thank you! x.com/communityhydro…
We're delighted to announce that we have today paid off the last of our commercial loan. We do still have debt in the form of members equity, but intend to begin share buyback this autumn #communitiesdoingitforthemselves
@communityhydro Well done, marina are so small on solar Pv that is the lifetime earnings of our next 150kw scheme 😢
Brilliant result! From all the community projects in and around Sunart benefiting from SCH profits a big THANK YOU to all involved in this great project. x.com/communityhydro…
We missed it! 1 GWh total generation since commissioning passed earlier on today (ie 1,000,000 KWh)
@communityhydro We're not too far behind you at @applecrosshydro; 911,377KWh when I checked two days ago!
@_JamieMcIntyre @scotgov @NicolaSturgeon Shared revenue models (where we can support securing finance to take equity) are on our radar, but open minded on models & in listening mode
@bakerbrownassoc Hi Jim, can recommend some from Scotland. Would be interested to see finished list! @communityhydro @urrasenergy @BalaSportUK @portharbcbs
Fantastic project... and £67,000 donated to the the Sunart Common Good Fund, with over£49,000 allocated to local projects! Thanks SCR! x.com/communityhydro…
Our anniversary today - total generation since commissioning = 908,828 MWh Yr 2 *up* 5% on Yr 1 despite maintenance issues #communityenergy
@communityhydro Might be worth buying The National on Thursday (today) .... if you don't already...
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