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Invest in Sunshine

Submitted by Gerard on 18 April, 2012 - 16:39

 
Given the infamous Mancunian weather, any mention of a solar power project based in Manchester is bound to be subject to obvious (and somewhat clichéd) lame jokes.

Introducing Rebecca Willis and Jenny Willis

Submitted by Mary Rayner on 17 January, 2012 - 14:10

It’s going to be an exciting and challenging year for energy co-operatives. With the Feed in Tariff yet to be decided, plans for an energy co-operatives manifesto and the next stage of The Co-operative’s Support Clean Energy campaign, we want to make sure that we can continue to represent your needs at a national level.
 

New report highlights growth of communities taking renewable energy into their own hands

A new report reveals the growing numbers of people who are choosing to start renewable energy schemes in their communities, against all the odds.

 

Co-operative renewable energy in the UK: a guide to this growing sector

Co-operatively-owned energy generation is a vibrant and growing sector in the UK. Since 1997 over 7,000 individual investors have ploughed over £16 million into community-owned wind turbines.

This report summarises insights gained from visits to five co-operatively owned energy projects during the summer of 2011.

The Practitioners' Guide to Community Shares

The Practitioners’ Guide to Community Shares explains how to raise risk capital for ventures serving a community purpose.

 

Sign up to support renewable heat incentive

Co-operatives are calling on Government to introduce a renewable heat incentive as a major contribution to tackling climate change.

Renewable energy press statement

Co-operatives UK welcomes the news that local authorities will be able to sell renewable energy to the National Grid because it opens up opportunities for working in partnership with local communities.

Sustainability and environment

Sustainability and environment - exploring how co-operatives can deliver in different areas such as energy generation, saving, supply, retrofit, low carbon new build housing and individual behaviour change www.greenertogether.coop (climate change)

 

Westmill Wind Farm

In Cumbria in 1996 the Swedish company Wind Power pushed for the establishment of Baywind Energy Co-operative, the first community-owned wind farm in the UK.

It's good to share . . . better still to co-operate

Submitted by Gerard on 24 November, 2011 - 16:28

It’s great to see Co-operatives UK members featuring prominently in the Energyshare Fund 100 final shortlist.

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