Our Renewables Interest Group meets monthly to discuss issues around all forms of renewable energy- hydro, wind, PV panels, solar thermal, anaerobic digesters, wood fuel: and how these have a place (or not!) in the village. You have probably seen PV panels sprouting up  on roofs around here, taking advantage of the Feed In Tariffs available from the Government who are strongly pushing and promoting renewable energy installations on both the commercial and domestic scale. Over the next 10 years they are going to become very much part of life, and we are trying to find the best way forwards for the community. We are an informal, friendly and diverse group- and we don't just talk, we go out surveying, looking, measuring- and at the moment we are working on local demand profiles through the day and the year- and seeing how that could match the resource.

If any of this interests you and you would like to get involved, get in touch with the office 842530, leap@lochwinnoch.info, or drop into the Hub, 22 Church St anytime. Our next scheduled meeting is at the Hub on Monday 13th Feb at 6pm- do come along.