PEDAL - Portobello Transition Town » Energy

Stay warm and save money this winter with PEDAL’s free energy saving guide

tom — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:04:31 +0000

PEDAL has produced a guide to saving energy at home, written by energy experts and available on-line and in paper copy. The booklet answers some frequently asked questions and suggests a range of ways you can make your home more …

Thank You!

tom — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:52:31 +0000

A huge thank you to all who voted for us on Energyshare.com – we won, beating competition from nearly 1,000 other community renewables projects from around the UK! And thanks also to those who passed the message round their networks …

A short plea from the Energyshare voting event in London

tom — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:54:06 +0000

A short plea by video from volunteer and turbine project stalwart Chas Booth on why you should vote for the Porty & Leith Community Wind Energy Project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zGKjgL6fjI

Chas was speaking from the Energyshare final voting event in London today.…

Motion in Parliament for Turbine Support

tom — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:57:16 +0000

Today, Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish National Party) placed the following motion in the Scottish Parliament:

Motion S4M-01448 — Rob Gibson (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (Scottish National Party) : Vote, Vote, Vote for Strathpeffer, Portobello and …

Scottish Community Groups Make St Andrew’s Day Appeal for Support

tom — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:34:42 +0000

Two Scottish community renewable energy projects have teamed up to
make a St. Andrew’s Day appeal for support. The two projects – one
from Edinburgh and the other from Strathpeffer in the Highlands – have
chosen Scotland’s national day to …

Please vote for us!

tom — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:44:25 +0000

Out of nearly 1,000 participating projects from across the UK, PEDAL and Greener Leith’s proposal for a community wind turbine at Seafield Waste Water Treatment Works is in the final 19 that might win funding from Energyshare! We are …

Fintry Film Launch: A Scottish Village Benefits from Wind Energy

tom — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:08:19 +0000

Fintry Development Trust has today released a short documentary that shows how communities can benefit from investing in renewable energy. The village of Fintry in Stirlingshire is a primary example of a community that has embraced renewable energy – and …

Car Free Day Bike & Boat Parade!

justin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:34:26 +0000

Here is the report we sent to www.350.org who want to use photos of this and other events happening across the planet today to project onto the UN building in New York and let the powers that be know that …

Blow me! An urban wind farm

Chris Booth — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:29:43 +0000

Great piece on the STV news about our proposed turbine. Also the Evening News has a story on the wind turbine plans. (Thanks to all who’ve registered their support on the Energyshare site — we currently have 227 supporters, and …

Back our Energyshare bid to boost community power

Chris Booth — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:50:49 +0000

A unique partnership between two Edinburgh community groups has been established to develop a community owned wind turbine on the coast between Portobello and Leith.

We would really appreciate it if you, your family, neighbours and friends back our bid …