by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jul 9, 2018 | Blog
Community energy notched up another victory today with the announcement that Littlehampton toolmaker Naiad Plastics will be Brighton Energy Coop’s next community-owned solar PV build. Naiad, a manufacturing company who make injection mouldings and...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog
Recent figures show that the BN postcode area has been kicking out solar PV capacity. More than 9435 buildings across the BN area now have solar. That’s around 36MW of clean solar power Brighton Energy Coop owns 3.3% of our region’s solar capacity (with...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 22, 2018 | Blog
The Tesla supercharger charging point – the equivalent power of 100 boiling kettles being put into your car Electric Vehicles (EVs) are pretty cool, eh? This weekend I rode an electric mountain bike: whatever the vehicle, it seems, electrification is on its way....
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 16, 2018 | Blog
The UK has suffered a ‘dramatic and worrying collapse’ in clean energy investment, according to MPs. In cash terms, investment in clean energy fell by 10% in 2016 and then 56% in 2017. The House of Commons Enviromental Audit Select Committee said:...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog
BEC Launches THREE New Community Solar Projects – Get Involved! Well – here it is. Today sees the kick off for the first of our new solar projects for this year: THREE new community-owned solar installations in our area. You can help us get these exciting...
