Scottish Government's Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES)
Community Energy Scotland delivers the Scottish Government's Community and Renewable Energy Scheme. The Scottish Government wishes to maximise the benefits for communities from renewable energy.
The Scottish Government believes that there is so much more a community can gain from renewables projects, over and above the energy generated and financial benefits. For example: increased community cohesion and confidence, skills development and support for local economic regeneration. More details on policy relating to this can be found here.
CARES Programmes
The CARES programmes are about helping communities to deliver their projects and for this purpose Community Energy Scotland employs local project officers.
CARES Grant Programme (now closed)
The previous CARES programe which finished in 2009 provided an extensive £13.7m grant programme which lasted two years
The CARES Legacy
CARES projects can be seen on Community Energy Scotland's Online Project Database where you can also upload your community energy projects.
We have also produced a variety of Case Studies for CARES supported projects with more detail about the project and how it was delivered. The CARES scheme and Community Energy Scotland also provides an aftercare service.
