Fwd: Edinburgh Community Solar Project

[Jevgenia Milne]

Hi folks, 

It's happening! (I remember this being discussed at a meeting 3 years ago, and look how far they've got while I was looking the other way - mostly at an excitable toddler...) 

Please spread the word!

Nenya

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From: <johanna...@btinternet.com>
Date: Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Subject: Edinburgh Community Solar Project
To: p...@abel.ednet.co.uk, Caro Wilkinson <caro2...@gmail.com>, Lynn Molleson <lynnwot...@yahoo.co.uk>, martin petty <mpet...@aol.com>, Ben Murray <benm...@ednet.co.uk>, Jevgenia Milne <nenya...@gmail.com>, petera...@yahoo.co.uk, Peter Burnhill <erp...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>, andy lippock <gilland...@hotmail.com>
Cc: Jamie Pearson <J.Pe...@napier.ac.uk>, Gordon MacDonald <Gordon.Mac...@scottish.parliament.uk>

Hi friends,

 

Of course I hope that you have heard of this already, but if you have not please patiently scroll down and read on. We have more than 200 who have registered an interest before we have started any advertising. I will be delighted if you join that number, or forward it on to others.

 

Johanna

Use this area to offer a short preview of your email's content. View this email in your browser EDINBURGH COMMUNITY SOLAR CO-OPERATIVE

 

…is an exciting new social enterprise that is for the benefit of the community and allows Edinburgh residents to own solar PV arrays on buildings in the city. You may have heard that Edinburgh is due to get solar panels on some of its public buildings. The significance of this is that Edinburgh residents will get the chance to own these panels as a Co-operative, do something positive for the environment and for the city, while earning an income.  We need to recruit new members to the co-op and raise up to £2m with a community share offer.  This money will fund the installations and ensure that the benefits stay local.  By investing, not only will Edinburgh residents help to make the city greener and more sustainable, they will also receive a reasonable annual interest payment - like saving money in a bank.  Each year, all the surplus profits of the this social enterprise will be used to deliver the objectives of the co–op which include educating children about energy issues, increasing energy efficiency of our buildings and helping to alleviate fuel poverty in the city.    We plan to launch this September when the share offer document will become available at our launch event or to download online.   If you would like to keep up to date with progress and make sure you are one of the first to receive the share offer document, please register your interest at www.edinburghsolar.coop     You can also join us on Facebook & Twitter Copyright © 2015 Energy4All Ltd, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Edinburgh Solar Co-operative, C/o Friends of the Earth Scotland, Thorn House, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PR. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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