Brighton Energy Winter Solar News 2023
Summer Buzzed With Our Solar Projects, BBQ & Film Screening In this issue... BEC raises £700k in 1 month Our new solar projects kick off with Cardinal Newman Catholic School We wrap up our EU-funded Solar Grant scheme; 33 businesses received funds We host ‘The...
We’ve Done It! £700,000 raised in one month – our Bond Offer is now Closed.
Wow - we've done it! Yesterday we hit our £700,000 bond offer target for new solar installs, and consequently our Bond Offer is now closed. Many thanks to the more than 100 people who bought bonds. Interestingly, around half were existing BEC members with the rest...
Brighton Energy Launches 6.5%, 5 Year Solar Bond – Invest Now!
Brighton Energy Launches 6.5%, 5 Year Solar Bond - Invest Now!Hi there, I'm very pleased to tell you that we've just launched our first solar bond offering 6.5% interest per annum, with a five year term. Over the course of the last twelve years we've raised £4 million...
2022 Smashes BEC’s Solar Production Records
HIP HIP HOORAY! BEC's core objective is to take local action on #climatechange. Part of that involves building new solar systems. But it also involves making our solar systems work as efficiently as possible. The metric that BEC uses for working out how much energy...
How Are We Doing? Please Tell Us.
We want to hear from you! Please complete this super short survey. This is your energy co-operative so we want to hear your voices. We can't do any of this great community renewable energy work without you. As part of Community Energy Fortnight 2023 we're collecting...
BEC Business Solar Spotlight
Brighton Energy Co-op fully funded Solar at Brighton MET CollegeBills be Gone: Solar Provides Light Relief on Energy Prices Energy prices are still at historic highs - and with no end in sight businesses are increasingly hunting out alternative ways of getting their...
Brighton Energy Spring Solar News 2023
What’s On The Horizon For Brighton Energy This Spring? In this issue... A Bumper Pipeline of Solar Projects 10 Local Businesses Receive One of Our EU-funded Solar Grants BEC Bond Offer Update BEC’s Consultancy Launched Pioneering New Local Energy Community We’ve Been...
New BEC Investment Opportunity 6.5% Fixed 5 Year Bond
Let us know it you're interested! So - fresh for 2023 - we're moving on to our next major project. This will be 750kwp of new solar, or around 2000 solar panels, at a local port. To fund this exciting new Brighton Energy Co-op project, we are going to do something...
All Systems Are Go At Rathfinny Wine Estate!
Happy New Year to you all! Our largest ever solar system was signed off and switched on today. 1410 panels are set to produce a whooping 578kWp and save 400 tonnes of CO2 pollution each year. Thank you to everyone who has invested so far and worked through the...
Brighton Energy Winter Solar News 2022
Warm Your Cockles With Our Solar News In this issue... Over 120 people have invested in BEC's latest share offer - our biggest solar project yet. We gave 8 EU-funded solar grants to local businesses, worth a total of £165,000. BEC won an exciting new consultancy...
We’re On Site Building New Solar at Rathfinny Wine Estate – Join BEC now
Great news - work is progressing nicely at our latest solar build at Rathfinny Wine Estate. Many thanks to all of you who have already invested into our latest project. More than 120 people are supporting the creation of new solar at Rathfinny; it's always humbling to...
East Sussex College gets BEC Solar on Ore Valley Campus
Brighton Energy Co-op members funded and built a 250kW system of 909 x 275W panels for East Sussex College’s Ore Valley campus in March 2019. It generated 234 MWh in 2021 - the equivalent to boiling a kettle a million times! The financial savings for the college are...
Rathfinny Wine Estate Partners with BEC to Support B Corp Application
Rathfinny Wine Estate in Alfriston, East Sussex is partnering with Brighton Energy Co-op (BEC) to provide 1500 community-owned solar panels on the roofs of the winery. The project will save 400 tons of carbon each year - and support Rathfinny's application to gain...
BEC raises £300,000 – Join Now and Help Support Community Energy
Brighton Energy Coop's latest fundraiser has just hit the £300k mark - and counting! Over 70 people have bought shares in BEC in the last six weeks or so, helping us build more community-owned renewable energy in the south. This amazing effort is thanks to our...
£150,000 raised in NINE days – Join BEC Now and Help Us Build More Solar
Wow. In the nine days since we launched our latest share offer we've raised £150,000 towards our new solar build at Rathfinny Wine Estate. A big welcome to the many of you who have recently joined BEC - we literally can't do it without you. It's always humbling to be...
Since 2010 we’ve raised over £3M, have 600 members and have built 63 sites
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“None of this would be possible without you.
BEC isn’t backed by venture capitalists or private equity, pension funds or fossil fuel companies. The only money we get is from you, our Members.
The £3 million we’ve raised to date is purely community investment.
We’ve no debt, and 80% of the money is from Brighton itself.
This is community energy in action!”
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