by Atlanta Cook | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog
Warm Your Cockles With Our Solar News In this issue… Over 120 people have invested in BEC’s latest share offer – our biggest solar project yet. We gave 8 EU-funded solar grants to local businesses, worth a total of £165,000. BEC won an exciting new...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog
Great news – work is progressing nicely at our latest solar build at Rathfinny Wine Estate. Many thanks to all of you who have already invested into our latest project. More than 120 people are supporting the creation of new solar at Rathfinny; it’s always...
by Atlanta Cook | Oct 25, 2022 | Blog, old projects ed, schools colleges etc
Brighton Energy Co-op members funded and built a 250kW system of 909 x 275W panels for East Sussex College’s Ore Valley campus in March 2019. It generated 234 MWh in 2021 – the equivalent to boiling a kettle a million times! The financial savings for the...
by Atlanta Cook | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog
Rathfinny Wine Estate in Alfriston, East Sussex is partnering with Brighton Energy Co-op (BEC) to provide 1500 community-owned solar panels on the roofs of the winery. The project will save 400 tons of carbon each year – and support Rathfinny’s...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Oct 11, 2022 | Blog
Brighton Energy Coop’s latest fundraiser has just hit the £300k mark – and counting! Over 70 people have bought shares in BEC in the last six weeks or so, helping us build more community-owned renewable energy in the south. This amazing effort is thanks to...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Sep 8, 2022 | Blog
Wow. In the nine days since we launched our latest share offer we’ve raised £150,000 towards our new solar build at Rathfinny Wine Estate. A big welcome to the many of you who have recently joined BEC – we literally can’t do it without you....