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We generated our first few kWhs a few minutes ago and have our MCS certificate – Eithne is now busy getting the paperwork done to make sure we are correctly registered for FiTS in time! If you were waiting to … Continue reading →

Its a battle against the weather right now – we love a bit of wind but could it wait until Monday please! Some pics from yesterday

Latest from the installers: We have over 100 panels on at Halo, another 58 planned today, scaffolding alteration booked in for tomorrow morning, remaining panels on tomorrow. Tomorrow (Thursday) we will also have the electrical witness testing going on for … Continue reading →

On schedule, the first half of the array is now installed and the scaffolding is in the process of being moved, to enable the second half to start going on tomorrow.  More photos to follow soon.

Panels and mounting gear are on site and installers are up on the roof, racing against time to ensure the installation is completed in good time for registration before 12th December.  The photo here shows progress so far, with panels … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

We’re very excited to announce that since launching the share issue last week that the first membership applications and investments have started to come in, so please keep them coming and spread the word so we can get on and … Continue reading →