March Conference – Unlocking Community Energy at Scale – 25th March 2025

Thank you to all our presenters and to all who came to our March conference in Bristol. Following your positive feedback we will be setting up some Working Groups to develop these ideas for scaling up community energy. If you would like to join a working group and haven’t yet signed up please let us know via this survey link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/WCEN0325/

Copies of all the presentations are available via the links below.

Barriers and opportunities for local community owned renewable energy generation
Dr. Mary Gillie, Energy Local CIC founder
Dr Mary Gillie presentation slides
Peer-to-peer electricity trading
Dr. Somayeh Taheri, CEO UrbanChain
Dr Somayeh Taheri presentation slides
Good Governance – Building Strong Foundations
Louise Hosegood, Centre for Sustainable Energy
Louise Hosegood presentation slides
The future of the Community Energy Fund
Steve Shaw, Power for People
Steve Shaw presentation slides
Totnes – Energy Local Plus – Sally Murrall- Smith, TRESocSally Murrall-Smith presentation slides
Shared Community Ownership with Private Sector Projects – Paul Phare, Energy4 AllPaul Phare presentation slides
Bristol Solar Challenge – David Saunders, Resilience CentreDavid Saunders presentation slides
SIFFFT project- Support Programme for Scaling up Community Wind – Charles Gamble, Community Power SolutionsPresentation slides to follow

Thank you also to Lush Cosmetics for their generous sponsorship which enabled us to provide lunch.

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