GMCR

Ali Abbas, one of our directors, had a letter published in the Manchester Evening News regarding the GM Energy Pledge (http://gm-communityenergypledge.org.uk/)

The people of Greater Manchester are being asked to show their love for locally-owned clean energy by signing a new community energy pledge. The pledge is online at http://gm-communityenergypledge.org.uk/ Community energy groups from across Greater Manchester have come together to launch the pledge on a website ahead of Valentine’s Day…

[Press Release] As world leaders gather in Paris to negotiate an international climate deal, Greater Manchester Community Renewables and Salford City Council signed an agreement on the 4th December to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by installing solar panels on a number of schools across Salford. [1] Greater…

Along with numerous other community energy groups we have signed a letter to the Chancellor opposing the government’s proposed changes to EIS and SITR, which allow investors in community energy projects to claim tax relief. You can read the text of the letter here.

As you can see from previous posts, the Feed-in Tariff is an important source of income for producers of green energy, and it’s taking a beating at the moment! GMCR will be submitting a response to the Government’s latest proposals. We also encourage you to make your voice heard in…

The Government has published its response to the consultation to remove pre-registration and pre-accreditation confirming that these will be removed with effect from 1 October 2015. Following this confirmation and the Government’s announcement last month that it plans to cut the Feed in Tariff (FiT), September saw a period of…

The Government is planning to slash the amount of funding available for clean energy schemes, which helps millions of people benefit from solar, wind and water power, whilst still supporting the investment in fossil fuels such as fracking and oil and gas as well as nuclear power. The plans are…

GMCR has submitted a response to the DECC consultation to remove pre-accreditation. We have urged the Government to retain this facility, particularly for community groups. A couple of weeks after this consultation closed, another commenced, proposing to slash the Feed-in Tariff payable for generators of clean energy with effect from…

The good news – our UCEF grant application was successful! Not so good news – DECC have launched a consultation to remove pre-registration and pre-accreditation with effect from 1 October 2015. These are the facilities that allow community groups to lock in the Feed in Tariff (FiT) , the payment…

GMCR has finalised our offer to schools and community buildings. We will provide free solar panels and a discount of 20% on the cost of the electricity generated by the panels. Once we have raised investment from the community to pay for the cost of installing the panels, our ongoing…

We have submitted an application for a grant from the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC’s) Urban Community Energy Fund (UCEF) to help us bring our project to a state where it is investment ready. If successful, the grant will see us receive funding for feasibility studies, initial legal…

This month, two friendly schools have supported our project by allowing us to have installer site visits, so we can select a partner to deliver the installation of our solar panels. We would like to thank the schools involved and all the installers who expressed interest in our project and…