Sam’s vision: Midcounties teams with Big Solar Co-op to trim 5% from power bill
A store manager's initiative has led to one of Britain’s biggest co-operatively owned retailers partnering with The Big Solar Co-op in quest of cheaper,...
UKPN unveils location tool for community & council green energy projects
Distribution system operator UKPN has launched a planning tool to help volunteer energy co-ops and town hall planners identify sites for low carbon power...
Roofs shine over school & Shoreham port, as Brighton Energy Co-op raises £700k in...
Sussex-centred green power volunteers Brighton Energy Co-operative have given the lie to fears of "investor fatigue” in raising funds for accountable, socially engaged power...
Energy activists supply premium clothing brand
Energy Garden, a network of community energy projects in London, from next month will supply renewable electricity to two outlets of Patagonia, the upmarket...
Ethex celebrates 10 years, aims for £200 million by 15th birthday
Impact investment platform Ethex is celebrating its first decade of putting £120 million of small investors’ cash to good use in green energy and...
ENW awards community funds to North West volunteer groups
Volunteers in community energy co-ops in the North West are sharing more than £80,000 to support the region’s needs in energy use and transition.
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NG’s community fund shares £5 million on fuel poverty advice
More than 700 grassroots organisations are sharing £5 million of funding to tackle fuel poverty this winter, thanks to National Grid Electricity Distribution’s Community...
Community energy groups have until Tuesday to share £20 million
The Energy Savings Trust has opened its latest Energy Redress grants up for applications to charities & groups fighting fuel poverty. Across four funding...
Solar co-operatives: Five groups bring 36MWp into community control
Community energy volunteers have completed what they claim is England and Wales’ biggest ever transfer of solar PV to collective citizen control.
Eight solar farms...
“Plug-in locals to citizen power, then watch renewables thrive”, think tank urges
‘Plug in Public Power’, a new report from left-aligned think tank Common Wealth sets out a blueprint for Labour’s ‘Local Power Plan’. Author Nick...
Britons ‘vote with their feet’, in quest of greener, low carbon communities, survey finds
A growing number of Britons would move home or shift jobs if their communities or companies do not commit to going greener in the...
Co-ops & charities share £57m of Ofgem’s tripled take from bad suppliers
Industry regulator Ofgem raised a record £77.2 million from poorly performing energy retailers last year. Communities, including energy co-operatives and volunteers trained in energy...
Faithful to community energy: UK’s biggest DNO recruits engineers to help co-operatives
Western Power Distribution, Britain’s biggest distribution network operator serving eight million households, has become the first DNO to pledge operational support to the nation’s...
Ease planning curbs on London’s community energy, GLA councillors urge
London’s Mayor and central government must back the capital’s solar energy volunteers with cash and by easing planning curbs which hold back City Hall’s...
npower offers cash to community groups in Midlands and Yorks
Leading energy supplier npower Business Solutions has launched a new community fund, designed to support projects improving the environment, encouraging responsible business and supporting...
Big Solar Co-op seeks £1.2 million to speed big roof projects, targets 100 MW...
Social funding network Sharenergy believes its new national portfolio approach will succeed in unlocking the 5GW solar potential of Britain's commercial and community roofs.
Under...
Fund promoting co-ops’ power secures £31 million debt rollover from big lender
An investment body promoting community ownership of solar farms has secured refinancing of its assets worth £31 million.
Community Owned Renewable Energy Partners (CORE) is...
Brighton Energy co-op raises £700k in a month from small investors
The growing appetite of small UK investors to put their money into local volunteer-led local energy co-operatives was demonstrated again today, as one of...
Ecosia’s search wave finds sharers Ripple, seeks more ethical corporates
Sustainable web searchers Ecosia made waves today in consumer-owned British electricity, pumping Euros 250,000 into Ripple Energy, the funding innovators dedicated to boosting small...
Energy co-ops slam Johnson’s Net Zero Strategy
Leaders of England's 300-plus power co-operatives have slammed the Johnson administration's Net Zero Strategy. They say it shuns the work of thousands of hard-working...