We are delighted to inform you that Clash Gour wind farm successfully bid for the Allocation Round 5 for the UK Government’s Contract for Difference, announced on Friday 8 September. The CfD scheme is a UK government mechanism which supports low-carbon electricity...

Climate Change in the Moray Firth’ investigates how the communities around the Moray Firth will be impacted by climate change, with a focus on mitigation and adaptation efforts locally. You can watch the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QIHFcgV-Dw...

Community Energy Moray jointly organised a well attended Energy Fair, held on 20th May 2023 at Elgin Town Hall, with Zero Carbon Moray in association with the Joint Community Councils of Moray (JCC).  The event was chaired by Donald Lunan and speakers included...

CEM has been awarded Moray Local Action Fund funding to support ongoing engagement with communities and community organisations across Moray in preparation for community share issues in renewable energy projects, which will likely be for £2 million or more.  The...

The Clash Gour Wind Farm is a 48 turbine wind farm site with a capacity of up to 225MW, south of Forres in Moray. It received consent from Scottish Ministers in October 2022. The wind farm has been developed by Force 9 Energy under a joint development agreement with...

Fabio Villani has been appointed as the newest member of the Board of Directors. Fabio brings over 40 years’ experience in business and community development to Community Energy Moray. Fabio says, “I’m delighted to be part of this forward looking organisation,...

Today Community Energy Moray has been registered with the FCA as a Community Benefit Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.  We’re now open for business, and will soon be issuing community share offers to enable the people of...

Energy4All, the leading social enterprise in the UK for establishing community owned renewable energy schemes, has been appointed to provide legal assistance to support community investment in third party private sector renewable energy projects.   Energy4All...

Scene Connect Ltd has been appointed to provide project management services to steer the development and implementation of Energising Moray’s plans.  This includes investigating the feasibility of community investment in the proposed Clash Gour Wind Farm, the...

A day-long conference called ‘Energising Communities’, took place last week, jointly organised by Moray LEADER and the Joint Community Councils of Moray (for the report of the event, see here).  The purpose of the event  was to discuss the opportunity for the...