Community Renewable Energy Toolkit

This toolkit has been produced by Community Energy Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government.  The toolkit aims to help your community group develop their own renewable energy project, guide your through the process and find ways to maximise community benefits from your involvement in renewable energy.   The toolkit is designed to help you to work through the various options available to you in developing your project and once you have decided on which technology is most suitable for your project, it will point you in the direction of further help and information to take your project forward. 

The Toolkit is split into 3 Parts

Part 1 - Your current position

Part 2 - information on your selected topic, including case studies

Part 3 - More detailed and supporting information

The Toolkit covers

Renewable Energy Basics

Energy Efficient Buildings

Renewable Energy Technologies

Off-grid Solutions

Generating and Selling Electricity (community ownership)

Securing Community Benefit from commercial renewable energy developments

Organisation, Consultation and Development Planning

Funding and Finance

Further reading

Case Studies

The Full Toolkit is available in pdf format below.

Community Renewable Energy Toolkit (pdf)

Alternatively you can download individual sections on the Scottish Government's website here. 

Remember that it you want further help and to discuss your community project, please give us call.  Contact details for the local Community Energy Scotland development officer for your area can be found here.