And another site..
I am very pleased to say that we are in discussions with the management of www.citycoastchurch.co.uk to install upto 35kWs of solar PV there. We will need planning approval and legal agreements in place, but this potential partnership helps us significantly in being...
Another positive milestone…
We have just found that we have received planning permission from B&H Council for installing solar panels at Hove Enterprise Centre. Another positive milestone on the journey to community-owned renewable energy!
Good news on roofs!
We are happy to announce that negotiations are at an advanced stage with Shoreham Port for installing upto 50kW of solar panels at the Hove Enterprise Centre and the planning application is due for approval by the end of August. We have also agreed with the Parish...
Great deals available on PV
An interesting article highlighting that the deals on solar panels are better than ever and with the FiT likely to drop after March 2012 its worth taking action now on installing PV - http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/jul/22/solar-power-installation-homeowners
Whitby Community Energy Project Launches
Community group in North Yorkshire launches new hydro scheme - http://tiny.cc/nnfzm
Labour opposes cuts to feed in tariffs
Labour questions Government’s move to cut solar feed-in tariffs for installations over 50 kW.
Co-operative Sector has grown more than 25% since credit crunch
2010 turnover of £16.1bn; membership of nearing 10 million - The Guardian
Another article in the Guardian featuring BEC
We were asked for our comments on the outcome of the FiT consultation process published yesterday and managed to get a paragraph in this Guardian article http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/09/community-renewables-funding. We have been working on the 'Plan...
Yorks Community Hydro Scheme goes live
45KW hydro scheme launches in Yorkshire http://bit.ly/iklz0n
Support our funding application!
Please help make BEC a success by supporting our funding application at http://www.energyshare.com/brighton-energy-cooperative/
Meeting with the Minister
I was fortunate enough to attend a roundtable meeting with Greg Barker of DECC yesterday morning organised by Zoe Osmond of Brighton University. It was a positive meeting focussed on the Green Deal and there should be some interesting announcements in Parliament today...
Will interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex
Have a listen to the interview starting at 2hrs42mins50secs here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00gckks/Sussex_Breakfast_05_05_2011/
Brighton Energy Co-op’s response to the FIT review
Thought I'd post our response to DECC's review on Feed in Tariff's. Feel free to post your own response via this link. 1. Do you agree or disagree that there is a need to limit access to FITs for large scale solar PV installations in order to meet spending review...
Seeking more roofs!
We are progressing well with developing our portfolio of roofs to install PV on and planning our summer community share launch. We are though looking for an additional 2 or 3 roofs for hosting solar panels as part of our community-owned solar power station project. ...
Webinars on community energy topics
I thought that I would post up links to 4 webinars that I have hosted recently on community energy issues on the www.communitycentral.co.uk platform. Just click on the links below and then playback the webinars: 1) Finance: funding options beyond LCCC including debt...
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