CfR welcomes the findings of the Community Energy Select Committee, which call on the Government to do more and faster to catch up on its manifesto commitment to community energy. The Select Committee enquiry launched in November 2024 and ran for over 18 months. CfR provided a written submission and oral evidence at a Committee hearing in Westminster. The Committee sets out a series of...
Graig Fatha Wind Co-op owns a majority share in a single wind turbine near Tonyrefail in south Wales, which has been generating renewable electricity since March 2022.
Communities for Renewables (CfR) CIC has been appointed to provide management services to three additional community energy co-operatives. Graig Fatha Wind Co-op in south Wales, Derril Water Solar Co-op in Devon and Kirk Hill Wind Farm Co-op in South Ayrshire will now receive professional support for their respective volunteer-led organisations. All three were previously managed...
On 16th September Secretary of State Ed Miliband wrote to GB Energy’s CEO Dan McGrail to set out the Government’s strategic priorities for GB Energy. GB Energy now has six months to develop its Strategic Plan to deliver on these priorities. The letter confirmed Government’s commitment to community and local energy and the ‘critical’ importance...
Why support locally-owned renewable energy generation? This article features CfR’s detailed response to the Government’s consultation on Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Infrastructure. Attachments CfR response to Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure_July25 (871 kB)
This July, Burnham and Weston Energy proudly welcomed councillors, policy leads, and senior officers from across the South West to Wick Solar Farm as part of the South West Net Zero Hub’s Seeing is Believing community energy tour. The event brought together councillors, policy leads, and senior officers from across local government and the voluntary sector to see...
As Wildlife Trusts across the UK search for new ways to protect our wild places, Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust show what’s possible.
The FYTbus community transport service is now running on sunshine, thanks to the installation of a rooftop solar array and battery system at its depot. This new setup provides a reliable supply of clean electricity to charge electric minibuses, replacing the fossil fuels that once powered the fleet. It marks a major step forward in...
CfR is pleased to announce the successful close of the Solar for Silverwood share offer, which reached its £500,000 target last week. Managed by CfR on behalf of Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy’s (WWCE) volunteer board and delivered by WWCE, the project installed over 1,000 solar panels on the roof of Silverwood School’s Rowde campus. This...
Heart of England Community Energy are a not-for-profit organisation that own a 15-megawatt community solar array located just outside Stratford-upon-Avon. Led by volunteer local directors and professionally managed by CfR, the organisation reinvests surplus income from its solar farm into projects across South Warwickshire, driving the low-carbon transition, tackling fuel poverty and supporting the local...
