Despite our present crisis life, and work, goes on. Community Energy England have set up a Web Conference on April 30th. Here is the event description: Community Energy: ONLINE Spring Conference Traversing Turbulent Times Community Energy South has teamed up with Community Energy England to deliver an exciting and informative ONLINE webinar that will bring … Continue reading Community Energy England hosting Web Conference on April 30th
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Energy Use website
Gridwatch is a fascinating site dedicated to displaying how much energy is being generated nationally - and how. And it has a fabulous dashboard complete with live dials. Screengrab of Gridwatch website dashboard The site is written and maintained by Mark Stolworthy. I have over 30 years commercial development experience and have worked on many … Continue reading Energy Use website
Regen Southwest events listings
Regen brings together Community Energy Events and news throughout the South West as part of its mission. Regen is a not-for-profit centre of energy expertise and market insight whose mission is to transform the world’s energy systems for a zero carbon future. Regen offers independent expert advice and market insight on all aspects of sustainable … Continue reading Regen Southwest events listings
Green Energy cheaper than Coal
Developers will lose money by creating new Coal Fired Power Stations because green energy is now cheaper. As The Guardian newspaper writes: Building new wind and solar plants will soon be cheaper in every major market across the globe than running existing coal-fired power stations, according to a new report that raises fresh doubt about … Continue reading Green Energy cheaper than Coal
Bath February 5th 2020
There was a good turnout of approximately 70 delegates and 14 speakers at the WCEN Climate Emergency conference in Bath on Wednesday 5th February . The event provided a great opportunity to better understand progress to date in development of Local Authority Climate Emergency Action Plans and potential help available from the community energy sector. … Continue reading Bath February 5th 2020
Salisbury: October 24th. 2019
There were 5 inspirational presentations at the meeting on the theme of 'Scaling-up and Co-operation Between Community Energy Groups' Hugo House, Development Director, Spring - 'A renewables development model for Communities, Authorities and Business' Stewart Crocker, Somerset Community Energy- 'Collaborating to increase community energy generation in Somerset' Jon Halle, Sharenergy- The Big Solar Coop: A … Continue reading Salisbury: October 24th. 2019
July Meeting 2019
Notes from presentation by Anna Francis (Frome Town Council and Frome Community Energy) Anna mentioned that Frome Town Council has declared a Climate Emergency with a target to be zero carbon by 2030. Frome has been developing low carbon initiatives for some time. These include a bulk purchase scheme for householders who wish to install … Continue reading July Meeting 2019
11 April 2019
Notes from meeting 11th April, Quaker Meeting House, Salisbury It was agreed that the next meeting will be in July at the Wessex Water offices near Bath on the theme of ‘Advocacy and engagement with decision makers and local authorities.’ Lesley Bennett will contact Wessex Water to check possible dates. Our first choice would be … Continue reading 11 April 2019
Report from September 18 Meeting
Pete Capener’s presentation ‘Community Energy in a Changing World’ Some key messages: In order to deploy subsidy free solar from BWCE’s modelling installation costs will need to reduce from the current £900 per kWp down to £650 per kWp and O&M costs from £15/ kWp/year down to £10/ kWp/ year Peer to peer trading is … Continue reading Report from September 18 Meeting
Wessex Community Energy Meeting April 11th 2019
Quaker Meeting House, 51 Wilton Road, Salisbury SP2 7EP 10:00am -1:00pm to be followed by a light buffet lunch 10:00am Introduction from the Chair, 10:15am Presentations from 3 organisations that provide technical and professional services to community energy groups: Sharenergy - George or Joe Bentley Public Power Solutions - Steve Cains Communities for Renewables - … Continue reading Wessex Community Energy Meeting April 11th 2019
Wessex Community Energy Network 