Case Studies

Below are a selection of resources and case studies to give you useful information on CARES. Hover over an image for more information.

Garth Wind, North Yell
Watch to find out about the Garth Wind project, a five turbine community wind farm in Yell. This case study video was produced by North Yell Development Council for the CARES Conference in April 2018.

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Garth Wind, North Yell
Harlaw Hydro
Lynn Molleson and Martin Petty discuss the Harlaw Hydro project; the share offer, the successes to date and the lessons learnt.

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Harlaw Hydro
Arrochar Community Hydro
The Arrochar Community Hydro Scheme is based in Arrochar, on Luss Estates’ land in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. The scheme was funded through a community share offer, which was open to local residents and the wider renewable energy community and raised the build cost of £660K in just two weeks. Funding from Local Energy Scotland was awarded in the pre-planning stages.

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Arrochar Community Hydro
Comrie Croft
Comrie Croft Ltd is an award-winning community and employee owned ‘community of eco-enterprises’ on the outskirts of Comrie, Perthshire. A 50kW PV installation provides energy to the buildings and electric vehicle charging points. Three 15kW battery storage units have been installed to store any excess electricity generated by the solar PV.

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Comrie Croft
Fetlar Green Energy Project
Fetlar Community Wind Turbine Project - Community Energy

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Fetlar Green Energy Project
Garmony Hydro
In 2010 Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) secured grant funding from the Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) for a feasibility study to investigate generating power from a hydro – electric scheme.

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Garmony Hydro
Callander Community Hydro Ltd
Callander Community Hydro Ltd has been developed by Callander Community Development Trust and aims to generate around 1.3GW hours of energy per year for local homes and businesses.

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Callander Community Hydro Ltd
Friends of the Earth Community Power Stories
Report containing 14 case studies of community energy projects across Scotland.

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Friends of the Earth Community Power Stories

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