Bristol provides £58k for community energy projects

Bristol City Council is providing funding worth more than £58,000 to develop local energy projects. A total of 11 community groups will receive a share of the fund to deploy their projects which aim to help people reduce energy use, move towards cleaner and renewable energy and cut bills. The grant has been awarded through […]

Bristol offers new grants for community energy

Bristol City Council has announced its second round of funding for community energy projects. It is offering grants of up to £10,000 for large projects and £2,000 for small ones. It is part of a £885,000 fund the council received from DECC to set up a national best practice model for community energy and the Bristol Community […]

Balcombe launches solar community share offer

Balcombe has launched a new solar community share offer. REPOWERBalcombe, the village’s renewable energy firm, expects the share offer to raise £110,000 for the installation of 100kW of solar projects at two schools. The co-operative expects Crawley Down Village Church of England School and the Imberhorne School to use between 75% and 80% of solar […]