Exploring opportunities to engage the local community in creating, saving and sharing energy
Our thanks to Wiltshire Council for hosting this event and to all the speakers for their generous support.
Presentations & Discussion
Copies of presentations (pdf) where available are shown via the blue links below. There were two group discussion sessions and the output from these is available below linked to the relevant agenda topic.
| Agenda Item: | Presenter: |
| Welcome to Wessex Community Energy Network event | Lesley Bennett, Chair WCEN |
| Welcome to Wiltshire Council & update from UK100 (video presentation) | Cllr Richard Clewer Wiltshire Council |
| Introduction to Wiltshire Council’s Energy and Retrofit plans | Victoria Burvill, Climate Manager, Wiltshire Council |
| Update on the Community Energy Fund and support for the community energy sector in the South West Output from group discussion: Workshop summary – Support for CE groups | Katherine Rooney, Community Energy Manager, South West Net Zero Hub |
| National Grid & SSEN – grid capacity and investment process, and working with community energy groups | Emily Taylor, National Grid Mark Taylor, Relationship Manager, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks |
| Working with local communities & local energy markets (online presentation) | Connie Duxbury, Community Renewables Manager, Younity |
| Retrofit advice, training and support | Steven Cole, Retrofit Project Manager, Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) |
| Retrofit projects – Green Open Homes | Andrew Nicolson, Wiltshire Climate Alliance |
| Discussion – Barriers to Community Energy Output from group discussion: Summary Notes Flipcharts | Dan Stone, Policy and Influencing Officer, Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) |
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