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...
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...
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...
End of year update on Gawcott Fields Community Solar’s community impact and performance
Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy (WWCE) Ltd, one of the county’s largest not-for-profit solar energy enterprises, has launched its first investment opportunity in nearly a decade.
Heart of England Community Energy Ltd. (HECE), a local energy enterprise serving South Warwickshire communities, has allocated over £40,000 through its Community Benefit Fund to support local projects in need.
Amidst growing environmental challenges, the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project is making significant strides, using funding from two community energy groups – Ferry Farm Community Solar and Meadow Blue Community Energy. In 2022, these not-for-profit community benefit societies granted over £85,000 to support the aims of the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project. Among its primary goals is...
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...
The Gawcott Fields Community Solar bond offer was launched in June 2016 whilst the Community Solar Farm was still under construction. Significant progress has been achieved since then, as summarised in this update. The Directors intend to issue an updated bond offer document in mid-December with confirmation of all the details, so please watch this space....
