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...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | Jul 1, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Atlanta Cook | Jun 7, 2023 | Blog
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...
