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Latest 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…

New 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…

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…

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…

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 –…

New 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…

GMCR 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…

Solar 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…

Fiddlers 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…

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…

Just a quick update for you all on progress so far this year… Operations As you may recall, our three school sites were all switched on and our solar arrays were generating last year, but additional work was required to upgrade the substation at The Fuse before we could switch…

GMCR directors, members and volunteers were joined by staff, children and parents from both Fiddlers Lane Primary School and Irlam Primary School, and the Mayor of Salford, Paul Dennett, for the opening ceremony of our Irlam sites earlier this week. Paul Dennett, Mayor of Salford, with pupils from Irlam Primary…