Jane, Chris and Callum are taking part in the Pedal for Scotland Glasgow to Edinburgh sponsored bike ride (51 miles) to raise money for Portobello and Leith Community wind energy project.
This is a project run by PEDAL – Portobello Transition Town and Greener Leith, to construct and operate the UK’s first community-owned wind turbine in a city on land at Seafield Waste Water Treatment Works, Edinburgh owned by Scottish Water, who fully support the initiative.
Feasibility work shows the site to be favourable in terms of potential wind resource. The turbine might generate between 2 and 4.5 million kWh of electricity per annum, enough to meet the average needs of 300‑1300 households. The electricity generated will be sold to Scottish Water or the national grid and generate money for the local communities.
The project is now at a crucial stage and we need to secure a further £10,000 of income by the end of September to progress the project to planning stage.
Visit the PEDAL website for more information on the project.
We have agreed to match any money we receive in sponsorship up to the value of £500 – so your contribution will have double its usual value!
You can either send your contribution by post (cheques payable to PEDAL) to:
Jane Lewis and Chris Booth,
PEDAL wind turbine,
252 (1F2) Portobello High Street,
Edinburgh EH15 2AT
Or donate via Paypal:
All money must be received by the end of September.
We’ve all been heavily involved in PEDAL over the years and would really value your support to help get this project off the ground!
Hi
It’s great you are doing this. Money is really tight just now, but I would like to contribute £5– I’ll pop a cheque in the post shall I?
Thanks
Beth
That’s great thanks Beth — every little helps! Yes, of course, you can just send us a cheque.
Whee!
Many, many thanks to everyone who has donated already. We’ve raised over £280 so far. Our target is £500 in sponsorship — remember we’ll match that, so that would raise an overall contribution of £1,000!
Well we made it! Well done Callum especially! The wind was (fortunately) behind us mostly, and the rain didn’t get too heavy.
Total raised so far is over £620, and we’ll contribute a further £500 to that — very many thanks to all who supported us so generously — and the wind turbine project too of course.