by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog
Brighton Energy Coop have just launched our latest share offer – to fund 578kWp of new community-owned solar PV at Rathfinny Wine Estate in Sussex. We’ve teamed up with Rathfinny – the latest of our more than 40 solar landlords – to host nearly...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jul 5, 2022 | ERDF
The Woodhorn Group are a green waste composting site who produce compost to PAS100 specification including the manufacture of soil improvers and growing mediums. The Woodhorn Group are in the process of switching diesel powered composting equipment to electric ones...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jul 5, 2022 | ERDF
Weald Electronics is the first business to complete a 63kW solar PV installation which we were able to support through our Community Solar Accelerator grant programme with a grant contribution of £25,000. Weald Electronics were looking for ways to reduce their carbon...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Oct 7, 2021 | Blog
A recent fire at the UK-France IFA Interconnector knocked out 1000MW of electricity coming into the UK With media attention focused on soaring domestic energy bills, for business consumers prices are even higher – with more to come. The full impact of recent...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
Update 4pm 26/3/21 – We’ve had an amazing response to our fundraising – after only three days our share offer is now full. We’re preparing a whole bunch of new community-owned solar projects for 2021 – if you’re interested in joining BEC for our next round of projects...