Use Your Roof as an Energy Resource
We rent roof-space, install solar panels and offer our landlords predictably-priced electricity. Typically we’re 30-40% less than business electricity prices.
Helping Schools become Energy Efficient
We work in-person and online to help schools reduce energy usage, educate the kids about energy – and save carbon.
Join Brighton Energy Coop
By joining BEC you’ll be supporting a positive local community project – and helping install lots more renewabel energy!
Clean Business Electricity at a Decent Price
Total investment raised in the community
Large-scale solar installations built in and around Brighton & Hove
Members of Brighton Energy Co-op - and rising!
Joining BEC
Joining BEC means you’ll be supporting a positive local community effort to build renewables in our area.
We have a series of new solar projects starting in late 2021: the minimum shareholding is £300; the maximum is £100,000.
For more details on becoming a Brighton Energy Co-operative member see here.
Latest News
We are actively involved in developing new solar projects, electric vehicle charge points as well as administering our solar grant scheme for the EU. Find out more about what we’re up to in our latest News
Community Investment in Brighton Solar
We raise money via investment from the wider community. By pooling resources it’s possible to raise large amounts of cash – other UK community energy organisations have raised as much as £20m of community investment for community energy projects in their locales.
To raise money and install solar panels we sell shares in Brighton Energy Co-op, a form of co-operative known as a Community Benefit Society (CBS). Shareholders become members of BEC. A CBS is radically different from a normal company – each member in the society has one vote, for example (regardless of the amount invested) and the maximum investment is £100,000.
