Councils and community energy working in partnership to deliver collaborative projects: Sharing collaborative examples from councils and community based schemes to support enhancing the delivery of renewable energy in partnership with communities.
Sincere thanks to Somerset Council for hosting this event and to all the speakers for their generous support.
Presentations
Copies of presentations (pdf) where available are shown via the blue links below.
Due to technical problems unfortunately not all presentations were recorded – where recordings are available this is noted in red in the table below. A full recording of these presentations is available here (total duration 48 minutes).
| Welcome to Wessex Community Energy Network event | Lesley Bennett, Chair WCEN |
| Welcome to Somerset Council & Introduction to Somerset Council’s Renewable Energy Plan | Dixie Darch, Lead Member on Climate Change, Somerset Council |
| Somerset Council Renewable Energy Plan – identifying opportunities for renewable energy and engaging with delivery partners | Rebecca Windemer, Regen |
| Financial support for retrofit – how Lendology’s loans schemes and council partnerships could be promoted by community energy groups | Harriet Del Rey, Lendology |
| BANES Council collaboration with Bath & West Community Energy – reducing the challenges of upgrading listed buildings – Recorded | Cllr Oli Henman, Bath & North-East Somerset Council |
| Future Energy Landscapes – engaging with communities to identify opportunities and accelerate deployment of renewable energy – Recorded | Neil Best, Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) |
| The UK 100 perspective – networking with other Councils to overcome barriers – Recorded | Cara Naden, Somerset Council, on behalf of UK100 |
| New £1M Local Net Zero Fund for Local Authorities – deadline 15th March – see South West Net Zero Hub website | Katherine Rooney, Community Energy Manager, South West Net Zero Hub |
| Panel Discussion Q&As |
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