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Lindsey Lodge solar installation is complete

NLCE are pleased to be able to announce that we have finished another Solar PV installation at Lindsey Lodge Hospice, Scunthorpe. This is a 60 kWp system, with East, West and South facing solar panels. Having panels facing in different direct is helpful: it does generate slightly less power than a pure south facing system,…

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WE REACHED OUR SHARE OFFER

Our Second Share Offer is now closed! We have exceeded our target amount (£700,000) to fund more solar PV for community buildings in North Lincolnshire, with help from over 180 investors. A huge THANK YOU to those who applied to join NLCE and be part of this! As well as individuals from the local area…

What we’ve been up to in Scunthorpe…

Our team have been busy in the local area – yesterday Ruby (our Community Engagement Coordinator) and Zach (one of our Directors) held a pop up stand at John Leggott College, followed by a presentation and Q&A at their Upskill Science session, attended by over 30 students and staff. Their presentation explored the role renewables…

The final £100k push…

£598,016 We are almost into the final £100k push to fill our latest share offer. That will take us to an amazing £700,000 to fund rooftop solar panels on schools and community buildings in Scunthorpe and the surrounding area. If you have been on the fence about becoming a member, now is the time to…

Over half way there!

£451,668 North Lincolnshire Community Energy (NLCE) are now more than HALF WAY to our goal of raising £700,000 in community shares to deliver more solar panels on community buildings in Scunthorpe and the surrounding area. An incredible £451,668 has been paid or pledged so far. Ruby Berridge, the co-op’s Community Engagement Coordinator, has been busy…

A bright start to 2025: building commences on two sites in Scunthorpe

£271,492 North Lincolnshire Community Energy (NLCE) have hit the ground running in 2025. We are a third of the way to our share offer total of £700,000: money raised will fund new solar arrays on sites across Scunthorpe and the surrounding area. Already, we have generated more than 1,500 MWh of electricity (end of December…

A greener future for North Lincs: local cooperative who cuts schools’ energy bills now seeking new members

(PRESS RELEASE) 6th December 2024 After a successful first two years, North Lincolnshire Community Energy (NLCE) have launched a new Share Offer to install solar panels on school, community and public buildings in Scunthorpe and the surrounding area. Members of the community can invest from as little as £50 to have a stake in the…

New Share Offer coming soon – NLCE intends to pay annual interest rate of 5% on Shares

North Lincolnshire Community Energy are in the final stages of preparing a new Share Offer for members of the community to invest in the organisation. We are expecting to produce returns that allow us to pay an interest rate of 5% to members as well as create a surplus to do more, initially by supporting…

NLCE wins the Alan Clark Award for Local/Community Energy

We are delighted that North Lincolnshire Community Energy (NLCE) has been awarded the Alan Clark Award for Local/Community Energy at the Solar & Storage Live Awards, along with collaborators Joju Solar and North Lincolnshire Council. The award recognises solar energy projects that go beyond generation to engage the local communities that they impact. NLCE…

North Lincolnshire Community Energy awarded grant towards next share offer

The Chair of North Lincolnshire Community Energy, Mike Smyth MBE, says he is delighted that Northern Powergrid has decided to give NLCE a grant of £10,000. This will be put towards the costs of the forthcoming share offer. “It’s great to have this support and we are very grateful to Northern Powergrid”.