[01] Community solar, owned by the street
Sunfold puts solar on the roofs our neighbours already have — schools, depots, a brewery — and sells the power back to the people around them. 412 members own every panel. One share, one vote, every kilowatt-hour published.
Today · Thu 02 Oct · 14:20
1,286.4 kWh
Used on site
71%
Exported
29%
CO₂ avoided
0.41 t
Fig. 1 Live yield, published to every member at five-minute resolution.
Owned by
412
members across Riverside and Northgate
Generated since 2020
4.71
GWh, measured at the meter
Member tariff
€0.118
per kWh, fixed until March 2028
Paid back to members
4.2 %
average annual interest on shares
[02] Membership
No lease to sign, no panels on your own roof. You buy into the roofs that already work, and the co-op does the engineering.
Step 01 / Buy
Share certificate
No. 0413
€250 each, up to forty per household. Every share carries the same single vote at the assembly — whether you hold one or forty.
Step 02 / Build
Hosts lend the roof for twenty-five years and buy the power at a discount. Installation is done by members of the Riverside Electricians’ Guild.
Step 03 / Bill
September statement
Members on the Riverside feeder get a credit for each kWh the roofs export, plus interest on their shares paid quarterly.
[03] Roof register
The register is the co-op’s ledger. It is published in full, updated nightly from the meters, and audited each March by members elected at the assembly.
| Roof | Host | kWp | Commissioned | MWh YTD | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Lane Primary | Riverside Academy Trust | 214.0 | Mar 2021 | 168.2 | Generating |
| Brewery Yard | Hollow Oak Brewing | 186.5 | Aug 2020 | 149.7 | Generating |
| Carnegie Library | City Council | 92.4 | Jun 2022 | 71.3 | Generating |
| Kestrel Bus Depot | Northgate Transit | 398.0 | Jan 2023 | 301.8 | Inverter service |
| St Brigid’s Hall | Parish of St Brigid | 48.6 | Apr 2023 | 37.9 | Generating |
| Wharf Street Flats | Wharf Tenants’ Assoc. | 126.0 | Oct 2023 | 96.4 | Generating |
| Fennimore Leisure | Fennimore Trust | 244.8 | May 2024 | 192.6 | Generating |
| Cold Store, Unit 4 | Arden Foods | 312.0 | Feb 2025 | 247.1 | Generating |
| Depot Street Garages | Sunfold (leased) | 220.0 | — | — | Share offer open |
[04] Assembly
Chair (Ines Okafor) Quorum is 41 members; we have 138 in the hall and 96 online. We’re quorate.
Treasurer (Dev Mahal) Surplus this year was €84,600. The board proposes 4.2 % on shares and €20,000 into the fuel-poverty fund.
Member (Rosa Lindqvist, Wharf St) Can the Depot Street battery serve the flats at night? Our peak is 7 to 10 pm, not noon.
Engineer (Tom Achterberg) A 400 kWh battery covers roughly 60 flats through the evening peak. It’s Motion 4.
Motion 2
Carried · 91 % for
Share interest at 4.2 %
Motion 3
Carried · 84 % for
€20,000 to the fuel-poverty fund
Motion 4
Carried · 78 % for
Battery at Depot Street, 400 kWh
Motion 5
Carried · 63 % for
Open membership to Northgate ward
Fig. 2 234 votes cast, one per member regardless of shares held.
[05] Share offer open · closes 30 Nov
220 kWp on the old garages and the battery the assembly voted for. We need 1,240 shares to start the build in February.