Uk Community Energy Coalition

Community energy has grown steadily in the uk over the past two decades.

Uk community energy coalition.

Community groups will be able to access grants and. How does the reality compare with our hopes. It really captures the problem our campaign is trying to solve and the huge potential of clean community energy that would be unlocked if our local electricity bill became law. There are now around 300 projects providing renewable energy to their communities and use the profits generated to support local social programmes.

More than 100 organisations including co operatives uk and a significant number of its members have called for the government to abandon plans that will decimate the community energy sector. The talented creator bruna martini has made this brilliant animation for our community energy revolution campaign. Largest ever mobilisation of community energy groups ask george osborne for tax relief rethink. For more info please contact.

I ve restricted this list to those announcements that feel genuinely new rather than the recycled announcements of funds and support already committed e g. We are a not for profit organisation dedicated to advocating for a policy landscape that will support community energy and helping community energy organisations create and implement new projects. Susann scherbarth foeeurope or josh roberts rescoop eu 13 07 2016 on our way to the next one. The urban community energy fund ucef is a 10m fund to kick start renewable energy generation projects in urban communities across england.

If you want to buy your electricity from local renewable sources such as the local school or sports hall that have solar panels on their roofs you cannot. Firstly let s summarise some of the main points in case you don t have time to read the 108 pages for yourself. Community scale renewable energy has huge potential to help solve this problem and benefit local economies but it is currently blocked from doing so. The community energy coalition cec was formed in 2011 by some of the uk s most influential and trusted institutions and charities such as the church of england the women s institute wi the national union of students nus and the national trust.