by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog
#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 –...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog
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...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog
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...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Nov 25, 2018 | Blog
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...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog
Grand Parade Solar – new community energy at the University of Brighton This November Brighton Energy Coop is again teaming up with a major Brighton institution to deliver clean energy to the heart of the city – this time installing solar power at the...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jul 29, 2018 | Blog
April 2019 update – BEC secures exemptions to the end of FITs at THIRTY sites See here for details July 2018: The Government is proposing to bar solar generators’ access to the national grid, by killing off the export tariff, a mechanism via which solar...
