by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 30, 2012 | Blog |
Units 1-9 at Hove Enterprise Centre, roughly half of our 87kw array Brighton Energy Coop began the installation of an 87kw solar array earlier this week. Owned by the Brighton and Hove community, the array, which covers five buildings at the Hove Enterprise Centre,...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 27, 2012 | Blog |
Brighton Energy Coop is calling for part community ownership of the forthcoming Rampion offshore wind farm. Along with many other groups, individuals and politicians, BEC believes that community ownership of a turbine or two would help generate widespread...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 20, 2012 | Blog |
A senior government minister congratulated Brighton Energy Co-op in the House of Commons on Thursday. Ed Davey, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, was responding to a question from Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion. She asked: “Will the...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 18, 2012 | Blog |
On Wednesday night Brighton Energy Co-operative launched our pioneering project to generate community-owned green power in Brighton & Hove. Seventy people joined us at the Friend’s Meeting House, to hear about our £200,000 share offer and to pick up copies...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 14, 2012 | Blog |
Hi folks, I’m very pleased to say that £45,000 has been pledged for our community-owned renewable energy scheme so far. It’s a fantastic response – many thanks to those of you who’ve been in touch. Pledgees range far and wide – from a...
by Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop | May 14, 2012 | Blog |
A dramatic fall in the price of solar has meant solar schemes are once again viable – even with the severe cuts in the Feed in Tariff. Over the last six months the price of solar has fallen steeply – in some cases by up to 70%. The falls in solar prices...
