DDC Energy Deal Scheme Could Help You Save Money On Your Energy Bills

Energy Deal Scheme Could Help You Save Money On Your Energy Bills

You could save money on your energy bills with the latest round of Energy Deal – that’s the message from Dover District Council, who are launching the latest round of the popular collective switching campaign today, (06 December).

Residents can register to take part in the latest round up to 13 February 2017. Energy suppliers will then be invited to compete with their best offer at an energy auction. Residents registered with Energy Deal will be sent a personalised offer showing the winning tariff, which they can then decide whether they want to accept.

DDC is working in partnership with Dartford, Gravesham, Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells councils to operate the Energy Deal scheme. For more information or to register, please see the Energy Advice pages or leave contact details on 01304 872428.

Eastry Community Energy - 10th Sept Open Day

Eastry Energy is a new Community Energy Initiative based in Eastry near Sandwich. 

We are organising our first Energy Information Event in the afternoon of Saturday 10thSeptember 2016 

Name of the Event: “Power to the People”
Location: Eastry Village Hall - High Street - CT13 0HE Date: Sat 10 Sept Times: 2 to 5pm

The aim of the event is to create a dialogue with local residents and raise awareness of products and services that are now available in the renewable sector.

Dover Community Energy Event - 14th October 2015

Dover Community Energy Event. On October 14 in Dover, Sustainability Connections is hosting and event about Community Energy Champions: who they are and what they can do for you. 

The event is supported by NEA ( National Energy Action), the leading UK organisation on Fuel Poverty and by DECC, British Gas and Dover District Council.

Weds 14th Oct 11am to 2pm

We’ll have some interesting gadgets and energy saving advice for you.

Bring your own lunch and stay for networking.

  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communities-and-energy-how-to-use-supply-and-generate-local-energy-tickets-12448097595




Have you noticed that not a day goes by at the moment without some mention of the power of communities? Have you picked up on the fact that people are pulling together to bring change and progress in their own communities? If you've been hearing about community owned energy projects – examples of communities running crowd-funding campaigns to install solar panels on a school roof etc - then this is going to be of interest to you.  All around, people are tapping human energy to tap, gain community control and ownership of how we power our communities.  
This mini conference is an opportunity to meet people who are delivering local energised programmes that are

• tackling fuel poverty
• helping people switch energy tariffs
• developing locally based, household energy efficiency programmes with jobs for local builders.
• building projects for locally generated and community-owned energy
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Come and visit our stalls

Big Energy Saving Network  - Energy bill/ energy efficiency advice service with Energy Champions across Kent
Aquaponics – via Dover Big Local.
Food bank/ and Community Café – again, link is via Dover Big Local
Local Women Energy Champions and people who have completed a City & Guilds in Energy Efficiency in the Home.
Our Local Building contractors  - the people installing insulation, boilers, internal and external wall insulation, solar, biomass…all that kind of thing.
Retrofitworks (www.retrofitworks.co.uk)

Agenda

Introduction by local VIP ( TBC)
Overview of Fuel Poverty and plans to combat it  - National Energy Action
Co-operative movement – Co-Op Energy                 
 What’s happening locally with the Energy Champion concept?

•          Amanda Martin, Climate Change and Energy Conservation Officer, Dover District Council

•         Russel Smith  Retrofitworks – how to set up a local energy efficiency co-operative

•          Stephanie Karpetas – Sustainability Connections/ Community Energy South

•          The Local Women Energy Champions – what we’ve learned/ what we do.

•          City & Guilds Level 1 Certificates & NEA Community Action Award

11am arrival, coffee and browse exhibitions
11.30 – 12.45 Presentations
12.45 – 2pm   "Bring and Share" lunch, networking and photographs.
 

Support community bid for Green Energy in Deal

Please vote to kick start a project that aims to put solar PV on Betteshanger Welfare and Social Club and support more community energy work for people living in and around Mill Hill. 

It’s all down to who wins the most votes and we are lagging in third place at the moment – way behind the lead who has 300 + votes.

Come on Deal – let’s show them that we are a community that gets things done!

 https://www.mandsenergyfund.com/project/28348/

Aim
We support communities to own and control both the use and the generation of energy. We do this in two ways: 1. We train local energy champions to City & Guilds Level 1 Introduction to Energy in the Home. These champions then assist at outreach events to encourage people to review their energy bills and to switch energy providers. Working with vulnerable consumers, we identify people who are still on standard tariffs and who can save an average of £200 on their bill. At the same time, we are able to talk about energy-efficient retrofit measures. We have built a 300 strong cluster of local SMEs who are involved in energy efficiency ( insulation, cavity wall, renewables) and our aim is to have our energy champions make referrals to these local installers. We are also building a partnership with local credit unions to find attractive financing options for people to upgrade their homes. 2. Community-owned renewable energy projects. We are drawing on the expertise of Community Energy South to create share offers for community owned energy in Kent. We offer peer mentoring from groups who have been there and done it. We aim to support 10 to 15 groups across Kent over the next three years.

Strengths
On local energy matters, we built our reputation by offering home surveys, using a thermal camera, running energy fairs and training unemployed women to be local energy champions. We’re successful at winning funding and have helped thousands of people save money on their energy bills. Our network covers all sectors: voluntary groups; housing associations, local authorities; health organisations; SMEs and local large businesses. We are collaborative and make very good partners in projects. Small enough to be flexible, we are open-minded about overlaps. Our directors’ extensive experience includes finance, large corporates, local government, voluntary sector and small business. Our solutions offer financial sustainability, eg community-owned energy. We offer a return on investment and we include all sections of our community. We collaborate, thinking about the needs of our partners. Our approaches are refreshingly progressive - all working towards a common and greater good. Local people are excited about what we do and they like that we are part of the local community. We have told an energy story in a way that makes sense to people and which gives them confidence that we can drive forward positive local change. We are willing to support and grow projects and then let committed, well-trained communities take charge.

Benefits
This community owned energy project will • Bring energy savings to a group of community buildings in the heart of a deprived community. • Create a community owned asset with a community fund to finance continuation of energy champion training, a community tariff and energy efficiency measures identified, installed and financed through local organisations. • Give our community leverage for future grants and project funding Eg Big Lottery funding or EU projects and build on the pride and empowerment that comes from a community taking charge of its own future.

Community Energy South Annual Conference 25th Sept

Community Energy South is delighted to invite you to its third annual conference on 25th September in Lewes, which will explore the future of community-owned renewable energy in the south east.

Whether you are part of an established project generating clean energy for your local area, you are just starting out in the world of community energy, or you just want to find out what it's all about, this event is for you.

Featuring a programme of some of the country's leading community energy experts and policy makers, the conference will examine the challenges that lie ahead for community energy in the south east.

To reserve your space at what will be a truly fantastic and inspirational event, visit http://lewes2030conference.eventbrite.co.uk

The government is expected to publish its review of the Feed-in Tariff a few weeks before the conference, so the timing makes this a perfect opportunity to hear about the latest developments in the rapid changing policy landscape for renewable energy and, importantly, how it will impact on community energy.

Powering Our Communities is taking place as part of Community Energy Fortnight and will also feature sessions focusing on Community Energy South's core strategy of supply, energy efficiency, energy generation and training.

Speakers for the day include Darshana Ubl, the leading entrepreneur and author; Graham Ayling, Head of Foundation at the Energy Saving Trust; Chris Tomlinson, Development Manager for the E.ON Rampion Wind Farm near Newhaven; Dr. Alister Scott, Chair of the Cuckmere Community Solar Company; and Richard Watson from Energise Sussex Coast and the inspiration behind Big Energy Saving Network in Kent and Sussex.

Additional guest speakers and a full agenda will be announced shortly.

The events during the day are free to attend (including lunch and refreshments) to ensure that as many people as possible can enjoy access to an fantastic range of speakers and community energy experts.

From 7pm - 9pm on the evening of Friday 25th September, Community Energy South will host an evening drinks reception at Pelham House with Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director and Trustee of Forum for the Future, eminent writer and world-renowned broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development.

The reception will also feature insights from Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive of the Energy Saving Trust Group, and Howard Johns, Chair of Ovesco.

The reception is a paid for event and will cost £8 in advance, or £10 on the door, and will include a free drink.

To book your tickets for what promises to be an inspirational evening, visit http://lewes2030reception.eventbrite.co.uk/.

Energy Champion Training in Canterbury

The Kent and Medway Green Deal Partnership are offering Energy Champion Training for community representatives interested in becoming Energy Champions in their local areas.

· Thursday 23, 30 May and 6 June, 9.15am for a 9.30am start to 2pm at Canterbury, venue TBA

Further details of the venues will be sent after registration on the course.

The training will cover:

· Why energy and water efficiency are important

· How you can save energy and what schemes are available to help householders

· How you can engage with local people and help spread the word

Being an energy champion is about being prepared to engage with your local community to promote of energy efficiency and provide basic energy efficiency advice within your community. Activities might include:

· Leafleting homes

· Sharing own experiences at events such as open sessions in a community hall, on an exhibition stand, or in schools

· Supporting project meetings

More details from Kirsty.Foreman@kent.gov.uk

Wind turbines at Eastry/Eythorne (A256) exhibition

From 'This is Kent'

"A SERIES of public exhibitions will be held to explain the impact of two wind turbines to the Eythorne area.

The nearby villages are set to become a new hub of renewable energy, as reported by the Express last month, with plans on the way for two wind turbines and a solar array the size of 14 football pitches.




Scoping reports are being carried out for proposals for two wind turbines, in Barville Road, Eythorne and Thornton Lane, Eastry, by renewable energy developers RES UK & Ireland Ltd.


They will hold public exhibitions from 1pm until 7.30pm between April 24 and 26.

Wednesday's will be at Eastry village hall, Thursday's at Tilmanstone village hall, and Friday's at Eythorne Resource Centre."

Full story at here

RES site here

Last chance for £300 free insulation....

Last chance. FREE £300 insulation
Energy firms' duty to dole out £100s for cavity wall & loft insulation's ending. Miss it, and you could miss out

Big energy firms' CERTs (Carbon Emission Reduction Targets) force them to pump cash into making UK homes more efficient. Failure means big fines. Yet in December CERTs end, and some have already hit targets, so deals are going.

• Who can get free insulation? Cavity wall & loft insulation can slice £100s/yr off energy bills. It's available to anyone unless in a housing association / council home, a flat where you can't co-ordinate with other tenants, while the deals below exclude NI. Full info in Free Insulation Deals.
  
• Urgent. Free £300 loft & cavity wall insulation. Even non-customers can apply for British Gas's free insulation, but must do it by Fri 30 Nov. It'll also pay for £450 scaffolding and £100 air vents if needed. After that, Scottish Power's free insulation's the only 'available to all' deal left. It says there are no plans to end this, but we still say go quick. 

• Get paid to get insulation (or recommend it). With British Gas's £50 referral, tell someone on pension credit or families on certain income-related benefits about the free insulation, and you'll get £50 and so will they. If you're on these benefits yourself, Npower's free insulation cash means you get £250 on top. 
• from Martin's Money Tips http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/

Draught Busters Workshop in Deal

As you know we had to cancel the fair today but we were able to run the first of our 'draught busters' workshops today in the Town

We had a very full house with seven of us crowded in at Guy's small house in College Rd Deal to listen to Luci Ransome from Transition Glasglow.

Luci toook us through the all the practical tools in identifying draught issues (thermal camera or candle), what draughts are good, damp in building, options for doors and windows depending on their construction, making radiators more effective, tools and materials needed (which is relatively few - but we all liked the nail punch. Average cost for most homes £20-£50) and general good practise in floor and person coverings!

It was very much a practical session and great fun - we all learnt a great deal and were enthusied to get similar sessions going in the town.

If you are interested either in getting involved either as a 'buster' or your home needs some 'draught busting' please drop steve a line at Press@dealwithit.org

Big thanks to Luci for sharing her knowledge and skills (and Cake) with us and Guy for hosting and letting us loose on this back door and windows!

Deal Insulation & Energy Fair 17th Nov....

“Keep warmer in Deal this winter”

Deal With It, Deal’s Local Green Community group, is organising an Insulation and Energy Fair at Deal Town Hall on Saturday 17th Nov between 1-4:30pm.

Rosie Rechter, Deal With It Co-ordinator said: “With rising fuel prices biting home this winter we want to show people how they can save money and energy.

We ran a similar successful event back in March which focussed upon energy generation. This time it is about getting the message on insulation out . How saving energy is good for us and good for the planet

We will have people on hand to explain what help is available, the options for retro-fitting older homes to make them more energy efficient, the practicalities of insulating you home by yourself, the details of the Government’s new ‘Green Deal’, Insulation and window specialists”

If you are interested in coming to the fair or interested in having a stall please contact Guy at energy@dealwithit.org

Richborough Energy Park Consultation

Richborough Energy Park (Low Carbon Renewable Energy to Power Kent) is having another two consultation exhibitions to explain their revised plans.

 

These will be held on Friday 15 June at Cliffsend Village Hall (3 - 6pm) and on Saturday 16 June at the Bell Inn Hotel, Sandwich (9.30am -12.30). 

 

Further details from richboroughinfo@cascadepr.co.uk and at www.richboroughenergypark.co.uk

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Thanks to Charles for the Info

Solar Array due at Little Mongeham

A small 34kwh solar array based on agricultural land is going to planning at Dover District Council next month.

The application by 'Little Mongeham Ltd based at Manor Farm, Little Mongeham (CT14 0HR) is for 140 ground based panels which is estimated to produce 27,000kwh pa.

Planning ref is 12/00353
http://planning.dover.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=DCAPR_219468

Brighton Energy Coop launches....

Brighton Energy Coop launches 120Kw solar scheme - 16th May Hi Everyone, I have some great news — our community-owned renewable energy scheme is ready to launch for the second time! You may recall that back in November we were forced to postpone the launch; since then we've been working hard to make sure that the scheme can still go ahead. Large cuts in the price of solar panels mean solar is once again a viable technology in the UK - click here to here to read the dramatic story of the solar market over the last six months, and how we’ve overcome these difficulties. We’ve locations at several sites around the area; we are now raising more than £200,000 from the community to install solar arrays on these buildings. The revenue from the panels will go to our members and to supporting more locally-owned energy projects, just as many other schemes around the country do. We aim to raise this by offering you the chance to buy shares in Brighton Energy Co-operative. By investing, you’ll be buying solar panels that deliver a return on your investment, and also deliver the funds to support further green energy initiatives in the city. Our share launch event takes place at 7.45pm on the 16 May at the Friend's Meeting House in Brighton. Green MP Caroline Lucas will be speaking, and newly-elected leader of the council Jason Kitkat will also say a few words. Then the Directors of Brighton Energy Coop will outline the scheme, and answer any questions you might have. And why not pledge an amount you would like to invest on our website (don’t worry, there’s no binding commitment if you pledge; it just helps us see how much we might be able to raise). Many thanks for your continued support - It's been a long journey, and we have learnt a huge amount along the way. Please feel free to invite anyone who might be interested to our launch event, and do email me if you have any questions. Best Will Cottrell Director, Brighton Energy Co-operative info@brightonenergy.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why not one on Deal ? Come the Deal With It meeting on Tuesday 24th May to join in the discussion

Brixton Energy Co-op share launched

From Inside Housing:

A Brixton-based co-operative has launched a share issue, to fund the installation of solar photovoltaic panels on a Lambeth estate, using an innovative model which it hopes to roll out to social housing across south London.

Brixton Energy is selling 75,000 shares, each worth £1, in Brixton Energy Solar 1, a co-operative society set up to install 50kW of solar PV on the roof of a block on the Loughborough estate. The building is owned by Lambeth Council and run by arm’s-length management organisation United Residents Housing.

The co-op, made up of investors in the project and which sprang out of community climate change campaign group Transition Town Brixton and Brixton Low Energy Carbon Zone, decided to go ahead with the offer despite cuts to the feed-in tariff - the subsidy payment made to generators of renewable electricity - which has seen the returns fall from around 10 per cent to 5 per cent, leading to warnings from the solar sector that investor confidence has been shattered.

Investors in Brixton Energy Solar 1 will earn about 3 per cent a year, the offer document predicts, with another 2 per cent diverted into a community energy efficiency fund which will invest in greening the estate.

The co-op decided to push on with the plan regardless of the FIT reforms, which will see the tariff fall by 10 per cent every six months, because of the community benefits set to emerge from the fund.
The panels will earn a FIT of 15.2p/kWh, plus 3.1p/kWh from the sale of the electricity back to the grid, and the co-op plans to sell some of the electricity at a discount to URH.

‘It’s a beta model [a prototype] for re-powering South London,’ said Agamemnon Otero, one of the directors of Brixton Energy, a Stockwell resident and former analyst at investment bank Better World Finance.

Lambeth Council has installed some solar panels on some of its housing stock, however, Afsheen Rashid, who is part of the co-operative and works for the council, said that there wasn’t enough funding for the Loughborough Estate.

In the first five days, the share issue had raised £14,000 from 17 investors.
The co-op hasn’t yet signed a lease with Lambeth to rent the roof, but according to the offer document, this should be agreed by March when the co-op also hopes to install the panels.

The offer is open until 10 March.

https://brixtonenergy.co.uk/

http://www.transitiontownbrixton.org/

Let's Energise our Deal! Deal's Green Energy Fair 10 March

Deal With It are organising a Green Energy Fair on 10th March 2012 at Deal Town Hall between 1pm - 4:30pm.

We will have stalls from Green Energy firm supplying PV, Solar Thermal, Wind power, heat sinks and wood stoves. There will be exhibits from the green energy park at Richborough, Dover District Council will be on hand to explain how you can make your home snug with the right insulation. Lots of info, people to talk to on saving money from your energy bills and reducing yours & our carbon footprint.

There will also be music from Deal Buskers Collective and the great bicycle generator to see how hard it is create power which we take for granted.

The Event is free.

The SW gets Tidal & Wave energy

From Green Energy

Greg Barker to name region as the first of a series of parks designed to acclerate development of wave and tidal technology

A huge area running from Bristol to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will today be named as the UK's first designated zone for the development of marine energy.

Climate change minister Greg Baker will announce the South West Marine Energy Park (MEP) and launch a prospectus outlining how the public and private sectors will work together on the project during a visit to Bristol.

The prospectus says the South West MEP will make it a priority to secure additional incentives for business investment including, business rate reductions, higher levels of capital allowances, Regional Growth Fund and other enterprise grants, inward investment, and access to the Green Investment Bank.

It will also look to coordinate port and infrastructure development to support the industry's growth.
As well as national and local government, the Crown Estate, local enterprise partnership Regen SW, the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter, and marine energy testing site Wave Hub will all be involved in the marine park.

"This is a real milestone for the marine industry and for the South West region in securing its place in renewables history as the first official marine energy park," Barker said in a statement. "The UK is already a world leader in wave and tidal power, so we should capitalise on this leadership to make marine power a real contender in the future energy market."

The government has earmarked marine energy as having the potential to deliver between 150MW and 300MW of installed capacity by 2020, contributing £15bn to the economy by 2050 as well as creating thousands of jobs and providing a predictable source of low carbon electricity.
Over the last year it has brought in a series of measures to encourage the nascent industry, including invested £20m to scale up prototypes and upping the levels of support under the Renewables Obligation subsidy scheme from two tradable renewable obligation certificates (ROCs) per MWh to five ROCS per MWh.

Further parks are also envisaged in Scotland at the Pentland Firth and Orkney Islands.
Johnny Gowdy, programme director at Regen SW, said the region's marine business base, strong manufacturing sector, and world leading research and demonstration facilities meant it was uniquely placed to accelerate the development of the technology.

"The launch of the South West Marine Energy Park is a recognition of the great resources, research facilities and businesses we have in the region," he said. "It also puts the South West in a position to attract future investment, and to be at the forefront of the new global marine energy industry."

Government may let FiT levels run to March

From Green Business

Barker addresses uncertainty over solar feed-in tariffs with March cut-off date

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I know that the uncertainty while we await the court's decision is difficult for the industry

By James Murray

19 Jan 2012

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The government has today set out how it will respond to the imminent court decision on when proposed cuts to feed-in tariff incentives can come into effect.

Following calls from the industry for the government to clarify the level of incentive available for current installations, Climate Change Minister Greg Barker this afternoon tabled a Written Ministerial Statement in parliament detailing the government's plans.

"We continue to stand by our original proposal," he said, referring to the plan to halve solar incentives for installations completed after December 12 last year. "However, I know that the uncertainty while we await the court's decision is difficult for the industry."

He added that to tackle this uncertainty and limit risks to the scheme's budget in the event that the government's appeal proves unsuccessful and the court orders a return to the previous feed-in tariff level of 43p/kWh, the government will lay draft licence modifications before parliament that would allow tariffs to be cut from April 1 for all installations completed on or after March 3.

The licence modifications confirm that from March 3 installations with less than 4kW of capacity will see incentives halved to 21p/kWh, while large installations with between 50kW and 250kW of capacity will see feed-in tariff payments cut to 12.9p/kWh. Mid-sized installations with 4-10kW will see tariffs cut from 37.8p to 16.8p/kWh, while installations with 10-50kW capacity will face a cut in the level of support from 32.9p to 15.2p/kWh.

The statement also reiterates the government's intention to stixk with its original proposals if it wins its appeal, imposing cuts to incentives for all installations completed after December 12 last year.

"If the court finds in favour of the government's appeal, we intend to stand by all our consultation proposals, including an earlier (December) reference date, subject to the Parliamentary procedure and consideration of consultation responses," Barker said.

"It is very important that we reserve this as an option because these 43p payments will take a disproportionate share of the budget available for small-scale low-carbon technologies. We want instead to maximise the number of installations that are possible within the available budget rather than use available subsidy to pay a higher tariff to a smaller number of installations."

In addition the statement indicates that the government might not meet its stated goal of delivering its response to the consultation and its wider proposals to reform the feed-in tariff scheme before the end of the month, suggesting that the documents may not be published until next month.

"The consultation closed on 23 December 2011 and over 2,000 consultation responses were received which we have been analysing carefully," Barker said. "We are intending to announce the outcome of the consultation by 9 February 2012, in time for any resulting legislative changes to come into effect from 1 April 2012. Our aim is that this announcement will be accompanied by a set of reform proposals for the next phase of the comprehensive review of the FITs scheme, which will be the subject of a further consultation."

He added that the government's latest intervention "gives the industry as much certainty as is possible" given the on-going legal action.

He also reiterated that ministers remain committed to reducing solar incentives "as quickly as possible, to protect consumer bills and to avoid bust in the whole Feed-in Tariff budget".

Friends of the Earth's executive director Andy Atkins welcomed the move, predicting the statement will "sort out some of the uncertainty that's crippling a thriving UK industry".

However, he reiterated calls for the government to rethink its approach to solar feed-in tariffs and raise the spending cap for the scheme.

"Solar payments should be cut in line with falling costs, but by trying to rush through payment before the consultation closed ministers created a shambolic mess that threatens 30,000 jobs and the future of the industry," he said. "Ministers must urgently use the millions of pounds in tax that solar firms generate to safeguard this industry and the jobs and businesses it has created."

His comments were echoed by Seb Berry, head of public affairs at Solarcentury, who urged the government to reconsider the spending cap for the feed-in tariff scheme.

"The Government is taking an important step today to restore some certainty to the PV market in the short-term, but it is no more than that," he said. "The elephant in the room for all FIT technologies, not just PV, remains the Government's decision to impose an unrealistic cap on the FIT scheme in 2010. Until that fundamental issue is addressed by the "greenest Government ever" what we have today is no more than a temporary albeit welcome step forwards."

Rough Guide to Community Energy

The Rough Guide to Community Energy
free book by timprobert

Rough Guides has published a new book titled The Rough Guide to Community Energy.

With financial backing from retailer Marks & Spencer and distribution by energy efficiency pressure group 10:10, the new book is being distributed for free to encourage Britons to launch carbon-cutting and renewable-energy projects in their local communities.

The Rough Guide to Community Energy covers is a 'how-to' guide for community energy projects, covering eveything from setting up a group to picking a renewable technology, as well as providing advice on finances and governance. The book features many case studies of community energy projects, including wind, solar PV, solar thermal, heat pumps, biomass, hydro, CHP and energy efficiency.

The book can be downloaded here: The Rough Guide to Community Energy (2.74 MB PDF; right click and select 'Save target as...' to download)

Printed copies are also available for the price of two first-class stamps and an A5 envelope. To receive a printed copy, simply send a self-addressed A5 envelope with two first-class stamps to the following address:

Community Energy book

10:10

8A Delancey Passage

Camden Town

London NW1 7NN

Energy coops report

Co-operative Renewable Energy in the UK
Co-operatively-owned energy generation is a vibrant and growing sector in the UK. The first co-operatively-owned wind turbines, Baywind in Cumbria, started turning in 1997. Since then, over 7,000 individual investors have ploughed over £16 million into community-owned renewable energy.

This report summarises insights gained from visits to five co-operatively owned energy projects during the summer of 2011.
http://energybulletin.net/stories/2012-01-05/co-operative-renewable-energy-uk-guide-growing-sector

Solar Panels fitted on East Kent Housing homes in Dover

A CAMPAIGN to install solar panels to more than 100 homes in Dover successfully concluded this week just hours before government support for the scheme came to an end.

Dover District Council and East Kent Housing agreed a deal with Carillion Energy Services to offer tenants living in a pilot area of St Radigund's the chance to have solar panels fitted to their homes.

full story at Dover Express here