Library
This library contains reports and publications which may be a useful resource as you develop your community project. Community Energy Scotland includes these publications for guidance only and does not endorse the information contained in any of these documents. This library is updated regularly and so documents will be replaced by more recent documents from time to time. Click on the plus sign or folder name to locate the document you are looking for.
Document Library
Accredited Installers
MC Installer List (as at 12-06-09).pdf - 221kb - 22/06/2009 09:37:45
MC Installer List (as at 12-10-09).pdf - 252kb - 12/10/2009 10:31:00
MC Installer List (as at 29-06-09).pdf - 229kb - 01/07/2009 11:12:47
Annual Reviews
CES Annual Review 2008-09final.pdf - 4843kb - 17/11/2009 09:17:33
Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company Annual Review2007-08.pdf - 2308kb - 05/11/2008 15:28:58
Case studies
CES Board
Community development
Social_Added_Value.pdf - 681kb - 24/11/2008 11:10:54
Transforming communities for good.pdf - 1276kb - 10/11/2008 16:37:04
Community Energy Conference 2009
presentations
Alan Hobbett - Potential for community energy.pdf - 495kb - 28/08/2009 10:32:08
Alec Morrison - Grid.pdf - 1643kb - 28/08/2009 10:33:02
Alex Walker - bigger picture.pdf - 3383kb - 28/08/2009 10:36:50
Daniel Portsmouth - monitoring and evaluation.pdf - 1138kb - 28/08/2009 10:37:42
David Wright - Horshader wind project.pdf - 877kb - 28/08/2009 10:39:04
Eric Dodd - CARES support.pdf - 665kb - 28/08/2009 10:39:45
Eric Dodd - Westray wind project.pdf - 2453kb - 28/08/2009 10:40:50
Helen Houston - Powerdown project.pdf - 3060kb - 28/08/2009 10:41:48
Jack Welch - Guildtown Hall project.pdf - 1129kb - 28/08/2009 10:42:31
Jonas Cromwell - Powerdown Neilston.pdf - 1210kb - 28/08/2009 10:43:05
Kirsty Maclennan - Powerdown Galson.pdf - 2047kb - 28/08/2009 10:44:03
Melanie Macrae - Energy Performance Certificates.pdf - 889kb - 28/08/2009 10:44:42
Mo Cloonan - revenue generating wind.pdf - 1235kb - 28/08/2009 10:45:39
Nicholas Gubbins - CES Scope, Achievements and Support.pdf - 1159kb - 28/08/2009 10:46:27
Patrick Ross-Smith - Renewable transport.pdf - 2827kb - 28/08/2009 10:49:31
Richard Morris - Marine energy.pdf - 2370kb - 28/08/2009 10:47:43
Rona MacKay- Hydro.pdf - 739kb - 28/08/2009 10:50:19
Ross Gazey - PURE.pdf - 2528kb - 28/08/2009 10:51:19
Sonny Rhind - Averon Centre project.pdf - 548kb - 28/08/2009 10:52:20
Steven Phillips - Legal structures.pdf - 140kb - 28/08/2009 10:52:55
Steven Watson - renewable heat.pdf - 2504kb - 28/08/2009 10:53:55
Sue Kearns - RAP community renewables.pdf - 63kb - 28/08/2009 10:54:23
Booking form.doc - 146kb - 12/08/2009 08:03:26
Programme(1).pdf - 134kb - 18/08/2009 16:47:36
Programme.pdf - 805kb - 12/08/2009 08:04:24
Community Renewable Energy Toolkit
Case Studies.pdf - 1292kb - 21/07/2009 09:44:38
Community Renewable Energy Toolkit.pdf - 3315kb - 20/07/2009 09:00:37
District Heating.pdf - 355kb - 21/07/2009 09:42:09
Energy Efficient Buildings.pdf - 497kb - 21/07/2009 09:40:29
Energy, Renewable Energy and Carbon Basics.pdf - 364kb - 21/07/2009 09:40:06
Further reading.pdf - 851kb - 21/07/2009 09:44:09
Generating and selling electricity - community ownership.pdf - 711kb - 21/07/2009 09:42:57
Introduction.pdf - 307kb - 21/07/2009 09:39:32
Off-grid solutions.pdf - 329kb - 21/07/2009 09:42:30
Organisation, Consultation and Development Planning.pdf - 348kb - 21/07/2009 09:43:34
Section 9 Funding and Financing your Project.pdf - 378kb - 21/07/2009 08:24:16
Securing community benefit from commercial renewable energy developments - private, commercial and mixed ownership.pdf - 356kb - 21/07/2009 09:43:15
Technologies.pdf - 866kb - 21/07/2009 09:41:47
Toolkit Section 6 FINAL.pdf - 428kb - 10/03/2010 09:23:04
Consultation responses
161109 CES response to Consultation on Improving Grid Access Connect and Manage .pdf - 73kb - 17/11/2009 11:14:05
CES TAR Dec 09 response 011209.pdf - 41kb - 01/03/2010 11:29:18
Feed in Tariff Review Feb 2010.pdf - 360kb - 03/02/2010 14:56:39
FINAL CES response to FIT consultation detail 141009.pdf - 623kb - 03/03/2010 10:48:52
Energy Efficiency
Cavity Wall insulation - workmanship - heat loss and water.pdf - 1782kb - 16/10/2008 10:03:03
Energy Efficiency Guide for community projects.pdf - 177kb - 16/09/2008 22:03:38
Events
Feasibility studies
RE Study _Cromarty Courthouse.pdf - 1429kb - 22/09/2009 11:05:19
RE Study _Ferintosh Community Hall.pdf - 1188kb - 22/09/2009 11:06:26
RE Study_Avoch Community Centre.pdf - 1424kb - 22/09/2009 11:07:17
RE Study_Ferintosh Primary.pdf - 1266kb - 22/09/2009 11:08:00
RE Study_Fortrose Town Hall.pdf - 1197kb - 22/09/2009 11:08:41
Re Study_Rosemarkie - Gordon Memorial Hall.pdf - 1410kb - 22/09/2009 11:09:25
RE Study_Tore Hall.pdf - 831kb - 23/09/2009 14:34:21
Re_ Study East Hall Cromarty.pdf - 1011kb - 23/09/2009 14:34:58
RE_Study Findon Community Hall.pdf - 1002kb - 23/09/2009 14:35:36
Re_Study Groam House Museum.pdf - 743kb - 23/09/2009 14:36:18
RE_Study Munlochy Village Hall.pdf - 1737kb - 23/09/2009 14:37:13
Re_Study North Kessock Village Hall.pdf - 1272kb - 23/09/2009 14:37:55
Re_Study Victoria Hall.pdf - 1137kb - 23/09/2009 14:38:45
RE_Study_Resolis Memorial Hall.pdf - 741kb - 23/09/2009 14:32:37
Sleat Communty Trust Renewable Energy Report.pdf - 3339kb - 06/02/2009 09:39:25
Uist Wind Energy Feasibility Report.pdf - 7624kb - 06/02/2009 09:41:27
Funding
Community funding sources.doc - 98kb - 16/10/2008 13:00:04
Funding for Social Enterprises.pdf - 645kb - 14/01/2009 10:18:04
Getting constituted
Getting to Grips with Governance.doc - 507kb - 13/10/2008 21:04:26
Setting up your community group.doc - 542kb - 05/10/2008 19:45:48
Heat pumps
Hydro
Invitations to tender
St Bride's Biomass
Biomass proposal for St Brides community centre.pdf - 48kb - 08/01/2010 12:11:38
Brief for St Brides wood fuelled district heating scheme - updated 080110.doc - 573kb - 08/01/2010 14:42:47
Project Programme for St Brides wood fuelled district heating scheme.pdf - 10kb - 08/01/2010 14:43:28
Specification for St Brides wood fuelled district heating scheme - updated 080110.pdf - 48kb - 08/01/2010 14:43:08
Specification.pdf - 46kb - 24/12/2009 12:00:07
St Brides Biomass Project Programme.xls - 34kb - 24/12/2009 12:00:43
Tender details - St Bride's Centre Douglas (updated 8 Jan).doc - 573kb - 08/01/2010 12:32:54
Tender details - St Bride's Centre, Douglas.doc - 572kb - 24/12/2009 11:59:27
St Brides Biomass
Brief for St Brides wood fuelled district heating scheme - updated 080110.doc - 573kb - 08/01/2010 14:56:45
Project Programme for St Brides wood fuelled district heating scheme.pdf - 10kb - 08/01/2010 14:51:53
Specification for St Brides wood fuelled district heating scheme - updated 080110.pdf - 48kb - 08/01/2010 14:54:21
Allt Duisdale hydro study.pdf - 225kb - 17/07/2009 09:33:19
Anaerobic digestion Argyll.pdf - 148kb - 22/12/2008 15:23:40
Anemometry services for Orkney projects ITT.pdf - 138kb - 10/09/2009 15:58:52
Argyll HallAudits(1).pdf - 200kb - 12/02/2009 12:15:46
Argyll HallAudits.pdf - 200kb - 12/02/2009 12:13:53
ArgyllAppendixI.pdf - 175kb - 12/02/2009 12:15:29
Black Isle Community Halls Study.pdf - 385kb - 11/02/2009 17:37:16
Blane Valley wind and hydro pre-feasibility brief.pdf - 123kb - 17/12/2009 16:46:54
Camphill - renewable heating design study.pdf - 149kb - 16/12/2009 10:11:02
Canna tender brief.pdf - 130kb - 11/03/2009 16:17:39
CDT Cultybraggan perimeters.pdf - 364kb - 07/12/2009 11:48:41
Clan Donald Lands Trust Renewable Feasibilty Study.pdf - 80kb - 16/12/2009 12:27:01
Community hydro tender Western Isles.pdf - 118kb - 24/11/2008 15:55:01
Culty Hill Map.pdf - 1786kb - 07/12/2009 11:49:42
Cultybraggan biomass feasibility brief.pdf - 117kb - 07/12/2009 11:47:44
Cultybraggan Renewables Strategy 1 of 2.pdf - 1733kb - 07/12/2009 11:50:48
Cultybraggan Renewables Strategy 2 of 2.pdf - 838kb - 07/12/2009 11:51:31
Dunbar biomass district heating feasibility.pdf - 449kb - 23/01/2010 14:17:00
Fife Community Wind(1).pdf - 32kb - 24/09/2009 16:53:11
Fife Community Wind.pdf - 32kb - 24/09/2009 14:57:27
Hydro Invitation to tender.pdf - 102kb - 02/06/2009 14:38:04
Investing for Community Benefit 020310.pdf - 281kb - 02/03/2010 14:21:48
ITT Loch Eil Centre.pdf - 227kb - 23/11/2009 16:51:20
Neilston Development Trust brief.pdf - 65kb - 30/10/2009 11:10:00
Neilston hydro brief.pdf - 75kb - 30/10/2009 11:10:27
Orkney Anemometry ITT - Appendix A - List of Requirements Energy Yield Estimation.pdf - 33kb - 10/09/2009 16:00:33
site plan Loch Eil.pdf - 397kb - 23/11/2009 16:52:26
Strachur Memorial Hall Brief 11 feb (2).pdf - 376kb - 13/02/2009 15:22:30
Strachur Memorial Hall Brief 11 feb.doc - 664kb - 13/02/2009 15:17:13
Tarbert & Skipness possible turbine sites.pdf - 125kb - 16/10/2008 15:09:13
Tarbert & Skipness wind turbine feasibility.pdf - 51kb - 16/10/2008 15:08:30
Vatersay District Heating.pdf - 321kb - 19/02/2010 15:13:33
WI Community Wind feasibility study.pdf - 619kb - 13/01/2010 17:32:10
Legal
Low Carbon Buildings
Heritage_Lottery_Planning_greener_heritage_projects.pdf - 210kb - 06/02/2009 11:03:17
Low Carbon Buildings Programme.pdf - 1202kb - 14/09/2008 22:12:29
Low Carbon Communities - Ruralnet study.pdf - 338kb - 16/09/2008 21:55:02
Making Carbon Personal.pdf - 283kb - 14/09/2008 22:20:09
Membership
Membership Form.doc - 137kb - 03/03/2010 14:38:20
Membership Form.pdf - 381kb - 03/03/2010 08:54:54
Membership Information.pdf - 324kb - 03/03/2010 14:37:35
Newsletters
Newsletters other
Community Energy News Jan 2009.pdf - 1623kb - 24/12/2008 10:26:48
Community Energy News May 2009.pdf - 1059kb - 18/05/2009 22:25:48
Community Energy News Nov09(1).pdf - 1317kb - 17/11/2009 09:14:33
Community Energy News Nov09.pdf - 1217kb - 12/11/2009 12:10:46
Community Energy News Oct 2008.pdf - 1963kb - 15/10/2008 13:03:55
Planning
Bird surveys
Barra and Vatersay bird survey.doc - 851kb - 27/03/2009 13:56:05
Planning for microrenewables Scottish Executive.pdf - 1434kb - 16/09/2008 22:09:33
Presentations
Revenue training event Tall Ship Feb 2010
Alan Long (TLP) CES Presentation 9 February 2010 - Glasgow.pdf - 373kb - 16/02/2010 12:31:18
Alasdair Macvicar - Westray Development Trust.pdf - 3667kb - 15/02/2010 16:19:00
Ann Kirby - Commissioning and post construction.pdf - 3312kb - 15/02/2010 16:20:05
Ann Kirby - Financing Projects.pdf - 1160kb - 15/02/2010 16:20:42
Charlie Robb - Wind Turbine construction.pdf - 9510kb - 16/02/2010 12:27:28
Colin Anderson - Construction Contracts.pdf - 873kb - 15/02/2010 16:21:19
Colin Anderson - Turbines.pdf - 2931kb - 15/02/2010 16:22:11
Colin Anderson - Wind Feasibility.pdf - 3080kb - 15/02/2010 16:23:34
Derek Skinner - Insurance for Community Renewable Projects.pdf - 404kb - 15/02/2010 16:25:25
Helen Snodin - Grid.pdf - 492kb - 15/02/2010 16:26:51
Hugh Hutchinson - Catrine Community Trust - Powerdown - Hydro turbine refurbishment.pdf - 4711kb - 15/02/2010 16:29:37
Iain Robertson - Power Purchase Agreements.pdf - 262kb - 15/02/2010 16:29:53
James Dickson - Land and Securing Development Rights.pdf - 2791kb - 15/02/2010 16:30:44
Jamie Wallace - Micro Hydro construction.pdf - 1277kb - 15/02/2010 16:31:32
Kenny Taylor - EIA Wind Farms.pdf - 723kb - 15/02/2010 16:31:52
Paul Smith - Hydro Permission.pdf - 4884kb - 15/02/2010 16:33:01
Rona Mackay - Hydro Feasibility Study.pdf - 1414kb - 15/02/2010 16:33:29
Simon Munro - Planning.pdf - 577kb - 15/02/2010 16:33:48
Steve Moore - Debt Financing.pdf - 473kb - 15/02/2010 16:34:05
Address by Alan Hobbett at Scottish Parliament.pdf - 103kb - 14/10/2008 13:34:19
Knoydart presentation Scottish Parliament 7 Oct08.pdf - 725kb - 17/10/2008 15:28:35
Project Areas
Recruitment
Administrator - job description.pdf - 218kb - 28/01/2010 09:57:41
Administrator - person spec.pdf - 160kb - 28/01/2010 09:58:17
CES Application form Word format.doc - 509kb - 10/02/2009 14:50:10
CES Job Description Development Officer Ayrshire Dumfries and Galloway.pdf - 20kb - 16/06/2009 16:22:38
Community Energy Scotland Application Form.pdf - 535kb - 04/02/2009 12:28:38
Community Energy Scotland job application form.pdf - 3936kb - 04/02/2009 12:45:32
Development Officer Argyll and Bute Person Specification.pdf - 77kb - 06/11/2009 16:04:28
Development Officer Development Officer Ayshire Dumfries and Galloway Person Specification.pdf - 41kb - 16/06/2009 16:23:09
Equal Opportunities Form.pdf - 99kb - 04/02/2009 12:35:28
IKDT Project Officer Job Description.pdf - 23kb - 24/03/2009 09:33:44
Job Description Argyll and Bute Development Officer.pdf - 80kb - 06/11/2009 16:04:18
PEDAL Portebello.pdf - 24kb - 17/02/2010 12:22:37
Scottish Parliament
081112 CES evidence at Renewable Energy Inquiry.pdf - 178kb - 22/12/2008 10:29:54
Agenda and papers lodged EET Committee 12.11.08.pdf - 588kb - 13/11/2008 11:52:29
Official report Members Debate 12.11.08.pdf - 112kb - 13/11/2008 11:53:04
Solar
Suppliers
Surveys
Wind
Woodfuel
CWA creating a woodfuel social enterprise.pdf - 2488kb - 16/10/2008 09:59:09
Northern Woodheat carbon balance report.pdf - 1318kb - 17/11/2008 11:08:21
RE Study_Avoch Community Centre.pdf - 1424kb - 22/09/2009 11:03:24
woodfuel suppliers.pdf - 72kb - 10/03/2009 10:41:46
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11 March 2010
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