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Strong start to our 2019 share offer
Read more: Strong start to our 2019 share offerShare Offer Update We’re delighted that we’ve made a strong start to our 2019 share offer, with share applications totalling over £30,000 arriving in the first week! It was great to receive applications from some of those people who missed out last year and we’re looking forward to welcoming them…
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Launching our 2019 share offer
Read more: Launching our 2019 share offerWe marked World Environment Day with the launch of our latest share offer! We’re delighted to invite you to invest in our new community share offer to fund solar panels on two primary schools in Salford and one in Bury. This will help them save money on their bills, reduce…
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Winter 2019 news
Read more: Winter 2019 newsLatest installation Our newest solar array at Broadoak Primary School was commissioned on 21 December 2018 and was switched on in February 2019. This brings our total installed capacity to around 220 kWp across arrays at 5 schools and 1 community building. Solar Performance Our December meter readings show that…
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Autumn 2018 news
Read more: Autumn 2018 newsNew installation – Peel Hall Primary School We’re delighted to share a photo of our new installation at Peel Hall Primary School. The panels were installed in the final two weeks of the summer holidays and commissioned in early September. The installation has generated 3,870kWh clean energy already! You can…
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Share offer update – Halfway there!
Read more: Share offer update – Halfway there!Share offer update We are delighted to have reached the halfway point after just 10 days – we’ve now raised £75,325 towards our target of £145,000 to fund solar panels for four more primary schools. We’ve been out promoting the share offer to make sure all four schools can have…
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Share Offer update – A fantastic first week!
Read more: Share Offer update – A fantastic first week!We were excited to open our new share offer on Tuesday and have been amazed by the support we’ve received for our project to install solar panels on four primary schools in Salford. We’ve already received applications for over £50,000 of shares! To be over one third of the way…
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Invest in community-owned solar power today!
Read more: Invest in community-owned solar power today!Greater Manchester Community Renewables is delighted to invite you to invest in our new community share offer to fund solar panels on four primary schools in Salford. This will help them save money on their bills, reduce carbon emissions and help the children learn about energy and climate change –…
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Press Release – GMCR joins forces with the Big Clean Switch
Read more: Press Release – GMCR joins forces with the Big Clean SwitchNew project could save residents hundreds of pounds a year while supporting local renewable energy schemes A typical home can save over £300 a year switching to the cheapest green tariff The scheme will also raise money for local renewable energy projects Greater Manchester Community Renewables is one of four…
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Naturesave gives GMCR grant for new site feasibility work
Read more: Naturesave gives GMCR grant for new site feasibility workGMCR is planning a further round of solar installations for summer 2018. Before we can launch a community share offer to raise money for more solar installations, we need to check that the sites are suitable e.g. by commissioning a structural survey of the roof, and doing legal due diligence…
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Autumn Update
Read more: Autumn UpdateSolar Performance Exciting News! Generation meter readings taken towards the end of the September 2017 show total solar generation of over 100 MWh since installation across the four sites! Other news We spoke at a European Energy Democracy convergence about how we used community shares to raise funds to install…
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Summer Update
Read more: Summer UpdateFiddlers Lane It’s official! The solar installation on the roof of Fiddlers Lane Primary School now belongs to GMCR. You may recall that GMCR lent Moss Community Energy the money to install solar panels at Fiddlers Lane Primary School. It was always their intention to transfer the site to GMCR…
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Could you be our Finance Director?
Read more: Could you be our Finance Director?Greater Manchester Community Renewables Ltd is a volunteer led community business which has installed solar panels on three schools and a community centre in our area. We help our site partners save money on their energy bills, whilst also reducing carbon emissions and generating a community fund from our profits…