Brighton Energy Raises £200k in 3 Days
Brighton Energy are on fire this month completing solar on three educational buildings and installing the first solar-connected electric vehicle (EV) charger in the South East. With so much fantastic solar news coming through the BEC pipeline we hope you’re enjoying...
Joining Brighton Energy Coop – Our Latest Share Offer is Now Full
Update 4pm 26/3/21 – We’ve had an amazing response to our fundraising – after only three days our share offer is now full. We’re preparing a whole bunch of new community-owned solar projects for 2021 – if you’re interested in joining BEC for our next round of projects...
Brighton Energy Coop Launches New Share Offer – Support New Solar in Our Community!
Brighton Energy Coop Launches New Share Offer - Support New Solar in Our Community!We're very pleased to announce that we've just kicked off our latest set of solar builds in Brighton. And of course we don't do this sort of thing without community ownership - no. So...
Brighton Energy Solar News
Brighton & Hove-Schools pull together to reach Net Zero by 2050Happy half-term to all Brighton & Hove school teachers and home-schoolers out there. We hope you are getting a well-deserved screen break and some rejuvenating outdoor Nature. You'll need that...
Brighton Energy Winter Newsletter 2021
Best Wishes To All Our Members For A Solar Filled 2021!Now we're 10 years old and have been creating Community Owned solar energy projects for over a decade, we're turning our hands to sharing our lovely green electricity with more of you! We're close to...
Brighton Energy Co-op 10 Years Old Today!
Against all the odds 2020 has been a great year for BEC!It’s our 10th birthday – yes, it’s been a decade since we sparked off Brighton’s first Community Owned renewable energy project back in 2010 – and to celebrate we completed 6 new solar energy projects, adding a...
A Day In The Life Part II – XR in London October 2019
Extinction Rebellion in London October 2019 | An image Gallery In October 2019 thousands of people took to the streets to protest the climate emergency. More fantastic images here. The struggle continues...Photo credits: Joe Taylor Daniel Burke Christaina Vysotsaya...
A Day In The Life – XR in London October 2019
Extinction Rebellion in London October 2019 | An image Gallery In October 2019 thousands of people took to the streets to protest the climate emergency. You may say they were making history - but you can only make history if you have a future to have it in. The battle...
BEC Members: £1000 donated to Extinction Rebellion Brighton & New Solar Builds Continue Apace!
Hi folks, Welcome to our new members newsletter. Read on for what BEC has been up to over the past few months, including new solar builds, our exciting new electric car charge point programme, BEC members at Extinction Rebellion in London - not to forget our AGM!...
Why Extinction Rebellion’s Strategy Might Just Work
Support for Extinction Rebellion is found in surprising places After the internet shouting, Westminster was tranquil. A bunting of high-vis policemen lolled about Whitehall. "We're holding it as a contingency", said one. For what? "For the Extinction Rebellion." Soon,...
The Oil Regulator and its Three Stooges – the Industry’s Denial machine
Last month, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) suspended beleagured fracker Cuadrilla after the Lancashire earthshaker caused a 2.9ML earthquake. The OGA - the industry regular - says it's considering the 'appropriateness' of Cuadrilla's hydraulic fracture plan. That's...
Fixing UK Solar at the General Election – What can Politicians do?
It's likely a general election is just around the corner. Boris Johnson's government hangs by one seat; if we get a no-deal Brexit then Johnson will surely go to the public riding on his success. "Either way," says the Economist, "a vote is coming." An election is a...
£800,000 Invested – Join Brighton Energy Coop and Lets Get More Schools Going Solar!
As the millions of people planting trees in Ethiopia this week showed (see above), with enough will power, there's plenty that people can do about climate change. Here in Brighton we're doing our bit. With the support of people like you, since November £800,000...
Poisoning Poseidon with Plastics – We are the Sea’s Disease
Poisoning Poseidon with Plastics - We are the Sea's Disease Brighton and the 'Seaside' go together like 'fish and chips'. Brighton & Hove people know they are so blessed to be living close to the ocean. Most Brighton & Hove residents love the ocean! As well as...
People Want Environmental Solutions – and Brighton & Hove Has Them | Part 2
Brighton Energy Coop's salute to our Brighton & Hove home as a green, caring, conscious city - Part 2. We hear a lot about the terrible trouble we are all in. The climate crisis, plastic pollution, environmental destruction, this governments energy policy...
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The £3 million we’ve raised to date is purely community investment.
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