Aberdeen Community Energy

Name: Aberdeen Community Energy
Address: Riverside Path, Donside Village, Aberdeen, AB242PB, GB
Telephone: 07930829060

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Aberdeen's first community energy company & project. Based in Donside Village, Aberdeen, Scotland. Community Benefit Society, FCA Registered: 7251

We're Aberdeen's first community established and run energy company & project. We have designed, funded, built and operate Aberdeen's first community owned renewable energy facility - a hydro scheme on the River Don. And, to re-invest 'profits' back to the community. We're a Community Benefit Society, registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (7251) as Donside Community Hydro Limited, trading as Aberdeen Community Energy

25/07/2026

Very busy day at the hydro - The last Saturday of every month is volunteer day, and today was the day for July!
As always, we are indebted to our wonderful volunteers, who just turn up and get on with it!
Very large logs (from our recently cut down tree, which was dead, and in danger of 'dropping' it's branches) were moved to create seating in the shelter, and around the fire pit. Some logs were split for the fire
Fallen trees were removed from paths
Vegetation was cut back
Hedges were trimmed
Fences were fixed
Cherry plums were picked
General 'tidying up' of the site was carried out
Several interested passers by were given a short 'spiel' about our hydro scheme.
Rhu, our 'hydro pup' had fun 'helping'!
Oh, and a European Comma was spotted - a new butterfly for the iNaturalist app, not recorded in our neighbourhood before now!
For further info, check out iNaturalist.
It's an app and website for recording nature.
Very easy to use and all the info goes into the global nature database. We can all add what we see around us.
Already got over 350 recording of different plants, insects, trees, birds and butterflies in the area around the hydro - it's community power in action! Download the app and get involved!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.inaturalist.android

Next month's volunteer day is Saturday 29th August - anyone who wants to help is welcome, check out this page for detail, but usually 10.30am until we are finished!

23/06/2026

This Saturday is our monthly volunteer day. Why not come along and get involved, get a taste of volunteering and see our site.

Tasks involve cleaning the otter screen, shifting silt, cutting back vegetation, pot a few wiltering trees and pull up invasive species and other things.

Where: Donside Village Riverside Hydro
When: Saturday 27th, 10.30 to 13.30.

Gloves will be provided, just suitable footwear to be worn and U16s to be accompanied by an adult.

See you there 😁

30/05/2026

Volunteer day down at the hydro. Cleared out the shelter, and sorted the fire pit, to encourage fires to be made in the right spot (rather than in the middle, cracking the concrete).
Very kindly assisted by Bryan, who stopped to help whilst out for a walk!
Ainoha mowed the grass, Sinclair did weeding and hedge trimming, and Rick and Steve cleaned out the level sensor for the hydro, and redistirbuted the mud and earth to the exposed gabian baskets. Oh, and all the bins emptied, the rubbish taken (5 black bags full) to be recyled or put into general waste bins. A busy day, gorgeous sunshine and a lovely interlude at The Wallace Tower for lunch! Come and join us next month (last Saturday of the month is our volunteer day, 10.30am to whenever we finish!). Next planned date will be 27th June👍

15/05/2026

Our board directors (trained) have been doing the usual spraying of the GHW around our site on the river don and along the banks. This post is for awareness, please do not touch or try to remove without proper training. If any are spotted within the vicinity, report to ACC or ourselves to deal with. Thank you.

01/04/2026

🚀 BREAKING NEWS! 👾

Reports have come in of an alien invader on the moon which could delay today's launch! Further investigations have revealed it is in fact giant hogweed - an invasive plant which can weaponise sunlight with it's toxic sap! 👽🌿☀

To tackle the infestation, the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is sending their Project Manager, Callum Sinclair, as the fifth astronaut on the launch. 👨‍🚀

Callum said: 'Houston, we have a problem... plant' 🌱

One small step for man, one giant hogweed to spray! 🌿🌿

20/03/2026

The latest UK Hydrological Summary, focusing on another wet month, is out.
Rainfall during February was above average across the UK, though there is an increased risk of water scarcity in northern Scotland, following a dry winter.
River flows were mainly in the normal range to above, with record February levels in responsive catchments in eastern Scotland and south‑west England.
Groundwater levels rose across much of the UK and are exceptionally high across southern England.
Water levels in reservoirs mostly rose or remained stable through February, with substantial increases at some sites such as Farmoor in Oxfordshire, which went from being 80% to 99% capacity during the month.

Meanwhile, the monthly summary from our COSMOS-UK monitoring network shows soil moisture levels are high across the UK due to the sustained wet conditions.

Link to UK Hydrological Summary:https://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-03/HS2026_02.pdf
Link to COSMOS-UK summary:https://cosmos.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-03/COSMOS-UK%20Summary%202026_03.pdf

19/03/2026

Great hydro tour yesterday for pupils from St Machar Academy, who are doing the 'Girls in Energy' course at North East Scotland College.
It's always lovely to be able to tell folk about our scheme, but we were especially delighted to be able to show pupils from our local school around and hopefully get them inspired to embark on careers in renewable energy!
Clive and I really enjoyed their visit, and thought some of the questions we were asked about the scheme were really good.

Address

Riverside Path, Donside Village
Aberdeen
AB242PB

Telephone

07930829060

Website

http://acenergy.org.uk/

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