Please find below a collection of all the links, documents and downloads we recommend. To see which ones we recommend for specific workshops please view the workshops page and select the topic that you're interested in.
Pre-workshop reading
Further reading
General
- Carbon impact of EVs
- carwow - Electric Car Charging Point Finder
- CES Community Engagement Guide
- Common Weal - The Common Home Plan
- Community Owned EV Chargers - Opportunities, considerations, experiences
- Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Management Technology used by many ANM schemes
- District Heating Scotland
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Systems Catapult Local Energy Planning Tool
- EVs and ChargePlace Scotland
- Hydrogen Diesel Injection in a Marine Environment
- Immersun - solar power diverter
- myenergi - manufacturer of Eddi, Zappi & Harvi
- myenergi’s Flexibly Responsive Energy Delivery (FRED) Trial
- Open Energy Monitor
- Orkney - Britain's 1st Smart Grid
- Orkney RPZ Active Network Management (ANM)
- OVO Kaluza - Domestic Load Control Technology Provider
- Pop-up’ electric vehicle charging points
- Renewable Heat Technologies
- Research finds electric cars DON’T have to cost more to insure than conventional cousins
- Scottish Govt Approach to Local Energy Planning
- Smart metering - what it means for Britain’s homes
- SPEN’s Grid Capacity Map
- SSEN’s Guide to Flexible Connections
- The Great Scottish Housing Disaster
- The Virtual Power Plant for the Management and Control of Distributed Generation - Review
- Voltaware Monitor & Monthly Reports
- Zap Map - Live map of charging points across the UK
Policy
- CEE, CES & CEW Joint Response to Targeted Charging Review Consultation
- CES Smart Export Guarantee Consultation Response
- CES Targeted Charging Review Reponse
- Electric vehicles: driving the transition [BEIS Report]
- Local Heat Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES)
- Low Emission Zones Scotland
- Net Zero UK: the UK's contribution to Stopping Global Warming
- Office for Low Emission Vehicles [OLEV]
- Open Networks Project Hosted by the Energy Networks Association
- Scottish Government Renewable Heat Target & Action
- Scottish Government Report on Maintenance of Tenement Scheme Property
- Smart Export Guarantee Explained
- Transport (Scotland) Bill
- Upgrading Our Energy System - ofgem progress update
Case Studies
- Accelerating Renewable Connections (ARC)
- Barra & Vatersay Local Energy Plan
- BHESCO - Firle Village Heat Network
- Bristol City Council Energy Service
- Carbon Co-op - Retrofit & Energy Efficiency
- CoMoUK - sustainable shared transport
- Comrie Croft - EV Charging
- Connected Response - Electric Heating Control Systems
- Dumfries and Galloway Integrated Network Management
- Innovative Energy Systems
- South Ayrshire Community Transport - EV Car Club
- Surf 'N' Turf
Funding & Financing
- Business Charge Point Funding
- Climate Challenge Fund (currently closed for review)
- Community Shares Scotland
- Domestic Charge Point Funding
- Energy Redress Fund
- Ethex (Share Offer Platform)
- Home Energy Scotland Loan
- Impact Investing Institute - helping people invest in social enterprises
- Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
- Interest-Free Electric Vehicle Loan [Transport Scotland]
- Local Energy Scotland CARES funding
- Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme Funding
- National Lottery Funding Programnmes
- Ofgem's Electricity Network Innovation Competition
- Plug-in Grant for Cars & Vans
- Plugged-in Communities Grant Fund
- Power to Change - starting a community business?
- Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)
- Scottish Investment Bank's Energy Investment Fund
- SME Loan Fund
- SPEN Green Economy Fund
- The District Heating Loan Fund
Additional resources
- Can you run your house on a battery? [Video]
- Energy Predictions [Video]
- Fully Charged [YouTube]
- Heat Pumps Explained [Video]
- Hydrogen - the Fuel of the Future? [YouTube]
- Mixergy Hot Water Tank [Video]
- Nest Smart Thermostat [Video]
- Octopus Energy Agile Tariff [Video]
- Plug Life Television [YouTube]
- Scotland's Heat Map
- Smart Meters - November 2018 Rollout [Video]
- Sunamp Heat Battery [Video]
- The Non-Gas Map
- The Smart Grid Explained [Video]
- The Truth About Hydrogen [YouTube]
- Workshop 1 - Slides
- Workshop 2 - Slides
- Workshop 3 - Slides
- Workshop 4 - Slides
- Workshop 5 - Slides
- Workshop 6 - Slides
Community Resources