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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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