Horshader Community Development

Community Development Manager

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:55:16 +0000

Development Manager Job Description/ Person Specification

We are pleased to announce the decision to recruit a Community Development Manager which is being made possible by funding from the Big Lottery. The Job Description/Person Specification can be found above. The advert will be published in the 3rd November 2011 Stornoway Gazette and will be posted on associated web sites.

Sad Loss

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:42:15 +0000

It is with sadness we have to announce the passing of our fellow director and trustee Donald Smith, who died suddenly at home. He will be missed by all of us within the trust, our thoughts and best wishes go to his family.

David Wright

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:59:15 +0000

Newsletter October 2009

Latest News

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:24:33 +0000

We are delighted to announce that Horshader Community Wind Development has been given planning approval. This will allow us to proceed with confidence in addressing the tasks that lie ahead. None of this would be possible without the constant and continuing support and guidance of Community Energy Scotland.

Latest Newsletter April 2009

Latest update

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:36:17 +0000

Please find attached, our latest newsletter.

Horshader December 2008 Newsletter

Two more milestones on the journey

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:54:50 +0000

Well here we are again, with another couple of fabulous milestones under our belt! We had first of all, a well attended community presentation evening in Shawbost Old School Centre on Thursday 27th March with lots of searching and interesting questions for directors, HICEC officials and Atmos Consultants, from the people who attended. The evening then developed into more of a social occassion with tea, coffee and loads of biscuits on offer, the community had the opportunity to mix and talk freely with the assembled experts.

Next day we joined all of the other Western Isles renewables groups in Stornoway town hall for a presentation to the wider public, again very well attended.The second and most enriching milestone is the news that Horshader Community Development Ltd. has been awarded a £10,000 investing in ideas grant to allow us to develop the community wind energy project and proceed to a project funding application, through The Big Lottery “Growing Community Assets” fund. This application comes in two parts, an outline application to be submitted by 1st of August 2008, if this is successful it will then lead to a full and detailed application being submitted later in 2008.

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The Latest Newsletter

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:05 +0000

Please find attached a copy of our latest newsletter.

march-2008-newsletter-latest.doc

At last the met mast is in place

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:36:44 +0000

The weather once again delayed Friday 8th February’s mast installation target, after much agonising over BBC TV forecasts and scrutinising several web forecasting sites the mast was finally hoisted to the vertical on Monday morning 11th February 2008. It was a joy to watch as the engineers from Chillwind Ltd. expertly and effortlessly lifted it into position. It will remain there for the next 12 months gathering vital data for our project.

We will post regular updates as we reach new milestones along the way, please enjoy the photos attached to this post, there are more on the media page for those who just can’t get enough.

The weather does it again

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:30:41 +0000

Our met mast installation has been postponed due to unsuitable weather conditions and is now due for installation Friday 8th February 2008, all being well. We are currently working on the planning application for a single turbine project and it is hoped that the application will be submitted to planners by the summer of 2008.

The first of regular three weekly meetings, of all the Lewis community groups with Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company and our consultant Atmos Consulting, will take place Wednesday 6th February 2008. This will allow us to update progress on all aspects of our projects and share information with each other while working towards a common goal.

Met Mast Location Plan

Planning permission approved for the monitoring mast:

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:13:14 +0000

It has taken a bit longer than we had hoped, but we now have planning permission to erect a monitoring mast on the proposed site, approximately 120 metres from the main road, opposite the Norse Mill car park.

The mast, about 50 metres high, has been acquired from the North Harris Trust, will be installed by Chill Wind, and will collect meteorological data for a year in order to demonstrate the viability of the project to banks.

At the moment, if the weather cooperates, Chill Wind would like to fit out the mast on Friday 18th January, and erect it on Saturday 19th 2008. Watch this space!