by Atlanta Cook | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
BEC’s Bond kicks off community solar at Newhaven All 570 panels of our latest Newhaven Port 300kW system are go! The Witness Test was officially signed off on Monday (6th Feb). The port is our second major infrastructure partner in Sussex. BEC Co-founder,...
by Atlanta Cook | Feb 10, 2024 | Blog
That’s 8 Community Energy Systems! Oct 2023 saw BEC install a further 120kW of community owned #solar on four buildings at our long time partners Shoreham Port. Shiny new solar panels can now be seen on their HQ Nautilus House, Maritime House Warehouse,...
by Atlanta Cook | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog, ERDF
LAST OF EU SOLAR FUNDING HELPS SUSSEX BUSINESSES DURING ENERGY CRISIS Community Solar Accelerator was a grant scheme run by Brighton Energy Co-op between 2021-2023. It was funded by the EU’s European Regional Development Fund. The grant provided match-funding to...
by Atlanta Cook | Nov 4, 2023 | Blog
Summer Buzzed With Our Solar Projects, BBQ & Film Screening In this issue… BEC raises £700k in 1 month Our new solar projects kick off with Cardinal Newman Catholic School We wrap up our EU-funded Solar Grant scheme; 33 businesses received funds We host ‘The...
by Atlanta Cook | Jun 7, 2023 | Blog
HIP HIP HOORAY! BEC’s core objective is to take local action on #climatechange. Part of that involves building new solar systems. But it also involves making our solar systems work as efficiently as possible. The metric that BEC uses for working out how much...
