Green and sustainability-linked loan market breaks $100bn barrier
Interesting from Environmental Finance: The combined total of all green and sustainability-linked loans issued to date has reached about $111.5 billion, according to figures compiled by Environmental Finance. The analysis reveals a market that exploded into action...
Gatwick Earthquakes: Regulators on Shaky Ground as Oil Company Denies Link
On 4th May the British Geological Survey (BGS) received more than 100 reports of an earthquake near Gatwick Airport. Measuring 2.5 on the Richter Scale, the tremor is the latest of 34 earthquakes in the area in the last 12 months. Oil company Horse Hill Developments...
£15m Community Benefit Fund now being decided – Support Community Energy and Have Your Say!
Dear All, The call to action is in response to GTRailways (Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express) who have are now consulting on their £15m Community Benefit Fund which they have had to set-up to compensate for all the delays and disputes etc over the four years! The...
Help Small Renewable Generators sell Energy to Local Residents
We recently received this in our inbox and thought it worth passing on... Dear Supporter Our campaign for the Local Electricity Bill continues to gain support in Parliament and across the country. If made law the Bill will give a huge boost to community-scale...
BEC Completes £600,000 Solar Builds – Kicks of next £500,000!
Great news! BEC recently polished off phase 1 of our solar schools programme: solar panels on five new educational buildings - including: - Woodingdean and Coldean Primary Schools (60kWp each) - Ore Valley College (250kWp) - and 240 panels the Uni of Brighton's Grand...
Are Solar Farms The Answer For Renewable Georgia solar Energy?
Humans consume 221 tonnes of coal, 1,066 barrels of oil, and 93,000 metric cubes of natural gas every second. The greenhouse gases released through burning these fossil fuels have a disastrous effect on our planet. Scientists warn that we face catastrophic and...
BEC raises £400,000 for New Community Solar – Help Us get to £1/2 MILLION!
Last week Brighton Energy Coop hit a major target – we've raised just over £400,000 for our new solar builds. A big welcome to all our new members – nearly 100 people - and also thanks to those members who have increased your existing investments. We couldn't do this...
VIDEO: 250kWp new Community Owned solar at Ore Valley College
Recently completed BEC Community Solar at Ore Valley College near Hastings, 250kWp
Feed in Tariffs Scrapped – but BEC Gets Exemptions at THIRTY New Solar Sites
There's been a lot of talk about the end of the solar subsidy known as Feed in Tariffs (FITs). For eight years FITs were the basis on which nearly 1 million UK buildings installed solar panels. In March 2019 FITs were summarily scrapped. This, many posited, meant UK...
The Guardian view on fracking: the end can’t come soon enough
From The Guardian Launching a new fossil fuel industry was a bad idea, and a coalition of localists and environmentalists appears close to defeating it Less than four months after what was supposed to be a new beginning for fracking in England, when Cuadrilla resumed...
1/4 MILLION Raised for New Community Solar in Brighton!
This is community energy in action! #SolarForSchools Well it's been quite a ride over Christmas and New Year! Since we launched our latest series of community-owned solar PV projects we've raised £258,000 – and built one: 60kWp of new community-owned solar PV at Grand...
£75,000 Raised in a Week! Join BEC and Help us Build New Solar
#communityenergy in action! Yesterday work began installing a 60kWp solar system at the @uniofbrighton #grandparade site - here's the framing that will hold the #solar panels in place. Find out details of all our solar projects - https://t.co/kUeSQWtF8N...
Revealed: New Solar on Three Schools and a University – join BEC to Make it Happen!
Carden Primary School - 180kWp of new community-owned solar planned for the new year Hi folks, I'm very pleased to say that we've just launched the latest of our new community-funded solar projects. We've been beavering away for the last six months to get these great...
UK Fracking Makes No Money and Never Will – Here’s Why
The UK government is intent on removing planning permission requirements surrounding fracking. Yet with Energy Minister Claire Perry demanding a "line of sight to commerciality", evidence from the US shows fracking almost never makes any money. The Economist put it...
Ditching Feed in Tariffs is Premature: Demand Energy Minister Change Course
There's little time left before the end of the feed in tariffs scheme. And here's the straight truth: scrapping feed in tariffs in March will bring UK solar to a juddering halt. That's why I'm asking you to write to your MP. Tell them that instead of binning FITs,...
Since 2010 we’ve raised over £3M, have 600 members and have built 63 sites
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The £3 million we’ve raised to date is purely community investment.
We’ve no debt, and 80% of the money is from Brighton itself.
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