Hi everyone, I'm pleased to say that we have extended our home energy survey scheme to new areas of our city. So: if you're in Hove, Hangleton, Southwick, Aldrington, or West Blatchington you can now have your home's energy efficiency surveyed - for free! These...

100 homes surveyed - and counting! Hi Folks, Just to let you know that - together with our partners - we've now advised more than a hundred homeowners how to make their homes warmer and cheaper to run. The enthusiasm for our free home efficiency surveys has been...

Hi Folks, I'm very pleased to say that we recently received a grant of £30k via the government's LEAF fund for work on energy efficiency around Brighton and Hove. Working with the Low Carbon Trust, the Green Building Partnership, Brighton & Hove 10:10 & the...

Interesting article on the communities taking renewable energy into their own hands which profiles our colleagues at OVESCo. Happy New Year!

For those of you interested in finding out more about the Green Deal and inputting to the consultation you may want to come to this Greening Campaign event on 1st Dec at the Clarendon Centre

Petition to exempt not-for-profit groups from Feed-in Tariff reduction

Our Solar Future petition

Hi there, I write with an update on what's going on with Brighton Energy Coop after the government's unexpected Feed in Tariff review last week. As I mentioned in my previous post, the new FIT tariffs make it very difficult to proceed with a 120kWp of solar (the...

10:10 FiT article - and a mention of BEC!

If you would like to contribute to the FiT consultation and comment on the rapidity and size of the cuts please do so at the following link before 23/12. We will lobbying hard for a favourable 'community tariff' so that we can continue with our plans of bringing...

Hi there, I’m very sorry to say that – although we have fought supremely hard – we have been forced to postpone our share offer launch tomorrow, after this week's Government announcement of cuts to the feed-in-tariff. We have made this decision reluctantly, but our...

Hi there, Well, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. First: our community has now pledged an incredible £155,000 to the Brighton Energy Coop project - a fantastic achievement. Pledges range from £400 pounds to £20,000 and have come from sixteen years olds to...

I have just been told by Emma Birch of Naturesave Insurance that we have been awarded £1250 from the Naturesave Trust towards our project costs, which is certainly very welcome. Thanks very much !

Another article in the Guardian supportive of community energy projects

It's been an exciting week. Since we announced our share launch last week, £65,000 has been pledged for community-owned renewable energy in Brighton and Hove. Many thanks to all of you who have pledged your interest - it's fantastic to have so much support out there....