Monthly Archives: November 2011
Installation starts as members continue to join
We are roughly half way through our share offer in time and in members investments – we still need the other half so please tell anyone you know that the project is going ahead! The scaffolding was up and nearly … Continue reading
Leominster Community Solar
In 2012 LCSC installed a 49kW solar array on the Bridge Street Sports Centre in Leominster, generating clean, green electricity for the centre. 94 people joined the co-op. This was a first for Herefordshire as a wholly community owned renewable … Continue reading
All set to be built by 12 December
We’ve now paid the first deposit to the installers and are going full tilt to build the array before the new Feed-in tariff cutoff point. To see a great video of them at work on a previous site see our … Continue reading
Leominster Defiant in face of Government Solar Cuts
On 31st October the Department for Energy and Climate Change announced its comprehensive review consultation on the solar feed in tariff. This proposes to slash the Feed in Tariff from 32.9p per kWh to 15.2p per kWh for any installations … Continue reading