Regen SW is holding a series of Community Grid Events throughout the autumn and new year in Plymouth, Nottingham, Birmingham and Bath. The events are free of charge for community energy groups, and have been kindly supported by Western Power Distribution (WPD). Capacity and connections have always been a key element of renewable energy developments and can have a huge impact on...
28th September 2015 Communities for Renewables CIC (CfR) is delighted to have assisted PEC Renewables in achieving planning consent for a 4.1 MW community owned solar project in the Ernesettle area of Plymouth. On Thursday 24th September, Plymouth City Council (PCC) planning committee voted unanimously to approve the application, with some very positive comments coming...
August 2015 REG Windpower have committed to the proposed wind turbines at Pines Tip and Scarcewater south of Indian Queens in Cornwall being built as community-owned, and run for the benefit of the three parishes of St Stephens, St Enoder and Ladock. The two separate proposed developments are on Imerys Minerals Ltd’s former china clay waste...
September 2014 CfR has provided input to and supported the responses by Co-operatives UK and Community Energy England to two consultations which could affect the future of vital investor tax incentives for community energy. The Co-operatives UK response can be found here. CfR’s view is that it is vital to safeguard Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)...
December 2014 PEC/PECR’s share offer which was supported by CfR received the Social Investment Deal of the Year award at the annual Social Enterprise Awards ceremony. For more information see the Social Enterprise UK website. For info on how the CfR and PEC teams can help local authorities set up and deliver local energy enterprises click...
November 2014 CfR welcomes the publication of the Shared Ownership Taskforce report. To find out how CfR can help developers and communities with shared ownership please click here.
August 2014 The Shared Ownership Taskforce is seeking views to develop an approach to increasing community ownership of new commercial onshore renewable energy developments. CfR’s response has been supported by 15 organisations and can be found here.
July 2014 CfR and Climatechangematters have responded to the consultation on support for community energy projects under the Feed-in Tariffs Scheme. The consultation seeks views on increasing the maximum specified capacity ceiling for community projects from 5MW to 10MW and combining feed-in tariffs and grants. The response by CfR Chairman Jonathan Johns can be found...
July 2014 CfR closed its private placing of of 12% pref ordinary shares on the 7th July after reaching its £150,000 target.
