Last Thursday, local people came together for a walking tour around Burnham and Weston Energy CIC’s 36,000 panel community solar array at Wick Farm, Somerset. It was great to see such a wide range of people and organisations turn up. The tour began with tea and coffee and some brief talks about Burnham and Weston...
“Many small communities in the UK find themselves at the periphery of a global energy system that drains value from the local economy and causes social and environmental problems. Burnham & Weston Energy is helping North Somerset take back control, kicking it all off with a crowdfunding campaign….” Read more at https://colour-of-money.co.uk/crowdfunding-energy-democracy/
Burnham and Weston Energy CIC’s bond offer is the cumulation of over two years’ of work by CfR to realise one of the largest community solar farms in the UK. The operational solar farm currently generates enough carbon-free electricity to power the equivalent of over 2,000 homes. It is expected to generate around £3million in...
We’re proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the 2018 British Renewable Energy Association Awards, for our hard work over the past year with three community energy enterprises. We are honoured to be in the finals alongside some amazing community energy organisations, and wish all contestants the best of luck. We hope to...
The launch of new local community energy enterprise Burnham and Weston Energy CIC has been making a splash among local news. Citizens of the area are keen to find out more about community energy and the benefits it is providing to Burnham-on-Sea and Weston-super-Mare including green electricity to power 2,000 homes, a community fund of...
Last Saturday 7th April, CfR attended the EAT Weston food festival on behalf of Burnham and Weston Energy CIC to raise awareness in the local area about the new community energy company’s activities. The event was highly successful despite morning showers, and we were glad to see how interested local people of Weston-Super-Mare were in...
Burnham and Weston Energy CIC has launched its website. We think it looks great and are excited about the solar bond offer launching shortly, and community fund to launch later this year. Burnham and Weston Energy CIC owns one of the largest community solar projects in the UK at Wick Farm between the Somerset coastal...
