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Following our successful share offer, the work to implement DCE’s 3rd 700kWp PV portfolio continues. The first installation with be 100kW at the Wey Valley Academy. Work will be commenced during the Autumn half-term and completed during Spring half-term. We are also aiming to install a further 3 sites in 2019….

In early September, Pete West, secretary and a director of Dorset Community Energy, was invited to give a climate change presentation to 100 year 7 pupils at the Atlantic Academy, Portland. John Tomblin, an active member of Transition Town Weymouth and Portland, introduced the session with a presentation on climate…

Since the Feed-In-Tariffs for renewable electricity ended in March 2019, anyone planning to install renewable electricity who did not use all the electricity onsite would have been forced to export the electricity to the grid free of charge effectively subsidising the big power companies.  Fortunately in January the Smart Export…

Dear DCE Members and Newsletter Subscribers Dorset Community Energy’s 3rd share offer closed on the 31st July 2019 having met its target of £445,000 within the offer period. At the six-week mark of the share offer, we had raised £250k but the remaining £200k surged in in the last two-weeks….

The Dorset Community 3rd share offer is now closed to new applicants as we have reached the target £445,000. If you have applied for shares we will be in touch soon. If you wished to purchase shares in this share offer but have been unable to do so please e…

                                  Dear DCE Members and Newsletter SubscribersWe are delighted to say the share offer is progressing very well and in just six weeks we have raised £248,850, or more than half our target of £445,000.We…

                                  Dear DCE Members and Newsletter SubscribersWelcome to our 3rd Share Offer which is launched by this email, so you are the first to hear of it!You are invited to invest in Dorset Community Energy…

Following our February newsletter the Dorset Community Energy (DCE) share offer is making excellent progress towards an expected launch date in June.  If you have received this email directly you are on our mailing list and will be invited to invest as soon as all the details are available.  If…

DCE expects to add 700kW of solar photovoltaic panels at ten schools and hospitals, to its current portfolio of 420kW at sixteen schools and community buildings. This will provide an opportunity for you to invest in shares, with an expected interest rate of 5.5% and return on capital investment over…

In this issue: Dorset Community Energy solar generation in 2018New solar installations in 2019 – get ready to support our share offer – please help us gauge local interest by completing this short survey  by 10th March – once we have thirty responses we will make a donation to Trees for Life,…