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...
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...
SP Energy Networks offers Net Zero grants to community groups
A historic medieval church now in community control is among ventures to benefit from SP Energy Networks’ community fund, designed to spur technology accelerating...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
“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...