by Atlanta Cook | Apr 19, 2024 | Blog
Spring Unfurls Lighter Days As Our Community Blossoms In this issue… Community Energy Arrives at Newhaven Port First Community Energy South Regional Forum BEC Pipeline Hots Up Revenue Increased Through REGOs Scheme BEC Out In The Community We Launched A Free ‘Energy...
by Atlanta Cook | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
BEC’s Bond kicks off community solar at Newhaven All 570 panels of our latest Newhaven Port 300kW system are go! The Witness Test was officially signed off on Monday (6th Feb). The port is our second major infrastructure partner in Sussex. BEC Co-founder,...
by Atlanta Cook | Feb 10, 2024 | Blog
That’s 8 Community Energy Systems! Oct 2023 saw BEC install a further 120kW of community owned #solar on four buildings at our long time partners Shoreham Port. Shiny new solar panels can now be seen on their HQ Nautilus House, Maritime House Warehouse,...
by Atlanta Cook | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog, ERDF
LAST OF EU SOLAR FUNDING HELPS SUSSEX BUSINESSES DURING ENERGY CRISIS Community Solar Accelerator was a grant scheme run by Brighton Energy Co-op between 2021-2023. It was funded by the EU’s European Regional Development Fund. The grant provided match-funding to...
by Atlanta Cook | Nov 4, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog
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...
Guide to installing export metering for solar PV
First published on Sustainable Development Blog by BEC...
UK Fracking Makes No Money and Never Will – Here’s Why
The UK government is intent on removing planning permis...
