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Annual Report 2024 Published

The NLCE Annual Report has been published. This report covers our financial year which ended on 31st March 2024, and developments since then. Members were invited to join an Annual General Meeting via Zoom on 24th September 2024. Click below to download and read the report: Copy of North Lincolnshire Community Energy Annual Report 2024

Members hear of recent successes at Co-op AGM

Members of North Lincolnshire Community Energy were told at the September AGM that the previous 12 months had been very successful and the society now had over 200 members. Highlights included £600,000 raised in its first share offer. There were already 12 solar arrays installed on local schools in the area with 5 more sites…

Annie Fanny lights up The Bath Halls

None other than Scunthorpe’s favourite panto dame, Annie Fanny, has switched on the new solar panels recently installed at The Bath Halls. The 158kW system includes 360 solar panels. It is hoped that it will save approximately 24 tonnes of CO2 a year and around £15,000 on electricity bills which is approximately 30% of the…

March 2024 Newsletter

Below is a copy of the March 2024 members newsletter: Dear Member, Welcome to North Lincolnshire Community Energy (NLCE) members! As someone invested in zero carbon energy and supporting the community of North Lincolnshire, we thought you would be interested to see how far we’ve come since our previous communications.

NLCE members accepting the CEE Awards 2023

NLCE & North Lincs Council partnership wins award

North Lincolnshire Council, for supporting North Lincolnshire Community Energy (NLCE) from the outset, won the Supportive Local Authority Award at the prestigious Community Energy Awards last night in Manchester. North Lincolnshire Council utilised a £1.4 million Towns Fund grant to get the NLCE cooperative off the ground, and the council also helped find suitable host…

Over half a million pounds raised through share offer

A phenomenal £576,000 has been raised through our first community share offer to help North Lincolnshire schools install solar panels free of charge and the offer has now closed. The money will be used to fund the installation of solar panels on schools and community buildings enabling them to benefit from cut-price energy – leaving…

North Lincolnshire Community Energy soars ahead of budget in the first quarter

Sunny weather in Scunthorpe resulted in an excellent first quarter’s generation for North Lincolnshire Community Energy. In the quarter ending 30th June 2023 generation from the first six school solar arrays commissioned by NLCE was 200,906kWh, more than 30% ahead of budget. This has resulted in increased savings for the schools and an increased surplus…