Community Energy Scotland landed a £100,000 windfall from the SSE’s Highland Sustainability Fund.
The charity, which is based in Dingwall, will use the funds to deliver at least 10 photovoltaic installations, allowing community groups throughout the Highlands to produce some of their own power every day of the year.
Nicholas Gubbins, chief executive at Community Energy Scotland, said: “We saw an opportunity for more community energy projects to go ahead if we organised a group of community organisations. By the autumn, at least 10 community groups who run buildings in Highland will be generating power from their own photovoltaic array. This will cut the power bills they pay and also give them an additional income from Feed in Tariff for years to come.”
Andrew MacKenzie, of the Speyside Trust’s outdoor centre near Aviemore, insisted the installations could help cut costs, freeing up some much-needed cash.
He added: “We are a member of the Highland PV Group and hope our site will benefit from one of the photovoltaic installations. We provide respite care to people with disabilities at our purpose built Activity Holiday Unit which people with disabilities can visit unaccompanied. Our Sports Barn will be ideal for a PV array which would cut the bills we pay and improve our carbon footprint.”
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