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Your latest renewable energy stories

Slieve Kirk Community Fund

Supporting community initiatives with funds from Northern Ireland's largest windfarm.

Causeway Coast and Glens
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Energy
  • Circular Economy
  • Finance

Transition Town Worthing CIC

Building a strong, local, sustainable network in Worthing to reduce our environmental impact.

Worthing
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Flooding & drought
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature

South East London Community Energy

Creating a future where south east Londoners have access to affordable sustainable energy.

Bexley
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Built Environment
  • Circular Economy

Community Energy Together

Transferring seven operational solar farms into community ownership.

Isle of Wight
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Finance

The Eco Experts

Helping UK households go green in the most cost-efficient and energy-efficient ways.

UK
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy

Discounted Solar Panels Scheme Around Bridport

Allowing more people the opportunity to have solar panels installed on their homes, at a lower cost.

Dorset
  • Carbon emissions
  • Energy

Think big locally

Why Energy?

Reducing the carbon intensity of electricity generation is vital, as our energy supply contributes around one-quarter of the total annual carbon emissions in the UK. Decentralisation of renewables is an unstoppable force – local energy generation improves security of supply, is increasingly cost-effective and is far less polluting. We are part of a virtuous cycle: empowerment leads to more people switching to renewable energy supplies, that accelerates greater decentralisation of power generation, that results in more empowerment locally.

Civic Revolution: Trailer

A short three-part audiobook about the clash between our culture and wellbeing; and the power of community to resolve this conflict. Based on the book Civic Revolution and narrated by its author.

All renewable energy initiatives

Energy Superhub Oxford

Demonstrating an integrated approach to decarbonising power, transport and heat in Oxford.

Oxford
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Built Environment
  • Transport

Raasay Community Renewables

Building two community-owned hydro schemes on the Isle of Raasay.

Highland
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Low Carbon West Oxford

Reducing carbon emissions at a local community level through integrated and nature-based action.

Oxford
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature

Devas Youth Club Sustainability Project

Turning Devas Youth Club into a sustainability beacon in the local community.

Wandsworth
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Energy
  • Built Environment

European Marine Energy Centre

Reducing the cost and time for testing new offshore power generation.

Orkney Islands
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Transport

ReFLEX Orkney

Pioneering an integrated, affordable, low-carbon energy system for the future.

Orkney Islands
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Built Environment
  • Transport

Warmer Homes Scotland

Reducing fuel poverty across Scotland by improving energy efficiency of people's homes.

City of Edinburgh
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Energy
  • Built Environment

SHINE

Tackling fuel poverty and other seasonal health inequalities.

Islington
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Energy
  • Built Environment

East Devon Log Bank

Offering free woodland management and reducing local fuel poverty.

East Devon
  • Air pollution
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Energy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Digital Bench

Inventing a solar-powered digital bench for community use in Pontypridd.

Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Carbon emissions
  • Food security & supply
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Energy
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Repowering

Empowering communities to fund, install and manage their own clean, local energy.

Lambeth
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
  • Built Environment

Schools’ Energy Co-operative

Installing community-funded solar panel systems on schools across the country, free of charge.

Rother
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Energy
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