Tiree Renewable Energy Ltd. (TREL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tiree Trust Community Development Trust. TREL built and operates a wind turbine on Tiree to finance community projects.
The Tiree Community Development Trust (The Trust) was formed in March 2006 and is owned, and managed by Tiree’s community. It represents a community led approach to rural development promoting the sustainable, environmental, economic and social development of Tiree.
Its main activities are:
The sustainable regeneration of Tiree’s community;
Strategic planning and development through community engagement and consultation;
Local project delivery;
Partnership working and relevant agencies and organisations;
Sharing best practice and experience with other similar groups and organisations; and
Local capacity and skill development.
The Trust is governed by a board of nine Directors, resident to the Isle of Tiree. The Directors are elected annually by The Trust members. The Trust employs three staff; two Development Managers (job share) and a Finance and Governance Manager.
Strategy Group Initial Meeting 4th August at An Talla at 7.30pm
Following the public meeting on 15th June at which the scale of the proposed wind farm off Tiree was discussed, Tiree Community Development Trust would like to thank all who attended and contributed.
The Trust would now like to ask anyone who is interested to join an informal group to discuss in more detail some of the main issues. The group will advise the Trust as it builds its negotiations with the developers and the Government. What we are looking for is a relatively large and broadly representative group that can meet for about two hours every two weeks or so to discuss a single topic each time and arrive at an agreed position on that topic. For instance, one week we might be discussing the hopes and concerns we have about impact on housing, the following meeting could discuss harbour developments, then noise/disturbance and so on.
There will be an initial meeting on 4th August at An Talla at 7.30pm for people to come along and express the support they can give, and define the detail of how the group will work. Please come along to that meeting if you feel you can contribute. If you would like to be involved but can’t get to the meeting please email Lloyd (
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Presentation made by Tiree Trust on 15/06/2010 to a public meeting about the proposed wind farm off the coast of Tiree: A Very Big Windfarm at Skerryvore.pdf
If the development goes ahead, Scottish Power will invest over £7bn to build the largest wind farm in Scotland just off our shores. Tiree Trust has been investigating what this might mean for the community. Come to this meeting to hear what we have discovered and to put questions to the developers and other experts.
Tuesday 15th June, 7:30pm
An Talla
Click here to download a copy of the Trusts response to the Argyll & Bute Local Development Plan. This document outlines a number of the possible impacts of the Wind Farm development and the need for the community to be centrally involved in all stages of the planning process.
The Tiree Renewable Energy Company (TREL) AGM will be held on Tuesday the 8th of June at 7.00p.m. at An Talla.
Followed by:
The Tiree Community Development Trust AGM at 7.30p.m.
There will be a brief report on work carried out by the Trust during the year, and then Members will be asked to suggest what the priorities for the coming year should be.
The Trust would like to encourage members to consider becoming directors. There will be an opportunity for new directors to be elected or appointed, and if you would like to be one of them please contact the Trust (Lloyd or Liz or one of the Board) before the AGM for details.
At an event on April 24th attended by over 100 islanders and representatives of those organisations that have assisted in the project, including Community Energy Scotland (CES), The Coop Bank, TC Young and the Argyll Estates. Tiree’s 900KW Enercon E44 turbine “Tilley” was officially handed over by the chair of Tiree Renewable Energy Limited, Bruce Kemp to Tish MacKinnon, chair of the Tiree Community Development Trust.
The official opening was followed by a well attended family dance at the island’s community hall An Talla, where Enercon’s engineers from Germany and the bankers from the Coop in Manchester were introduced to the challenges of ceilidh dancing on Tiree.
The turbine is now operating smoothly and in April, despite some disruption from the commissioning process, met its anticipated performance target.
