by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog
Recent figures show that the BN postcode area has been kicking out solar PV capacity. More than 9435 buildings across the BN area now have solar. That’s around 36MW of clean solar power Brighton Energy Coop owns 3.3% of our region’s solar capacity (with...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 22, 2018 | Blog
The Tesla supercharger charging point – the equivalent power of 100 boiling kettles being put into your car Electric Vehicles (EVs) are pretty cool, eh? This weekend I rode an electric mountain bike: whatever the vehicle, it seems, electrification is on its way....
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 16, 2018 | Blog
The UK has suffered a ‘dramatic and worrying collapse’ in clean energy investment, according to MPs. In cash terms, investment in clean energy fell by 10% in 2016 and then 56% in 2017. The House of Commons Enviromental Audit Select Committee said:...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog
BEC Launches THREE New Community Solar Projects – Get Involved! Well – here it is. Today sees the kick off for the first of our new solar projects for this year: THREE new community-owned solar installations in our area. You can help us get these exciting...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Feb 3, 2018 | Blog
[infogram id=”bar-chart-1hmr6g97emzz4nl?live”]Hi folks, I’m pleased to say that a staggering £290,000 has now been pledged to Brighton Energy Coop’s latest community solar PV schemes. This excellent achievement has been done by BEC members both...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog
New community energy and school solar projects fell by 99.4% after our incompetent government imposed cuts to the Feed in Tariff, an answer to a parliamentary question has revealed. Using OFGEM figures, Energy Minister Richard Harrington (nope, not heard of him...
