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		<title>BEC Autumn Solar News 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>BEC Turns 15: Solar Milestones, Battery Futures &#038; a Party to Match</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>School Children Get It – It’s Not Rocket Science!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brighton Energy Spring Solar News 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brighton Energy Autumn Solar News 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Energy England Awards]]></category>
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		<title>Support Rooftop Solar at the GB Energy Bill on Thurs &#8211; Write to your MP 🌱😀</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/09/support-rooftop-solar-at-the-gb-energy-bill-on-thurs-write-to-your-mp-%f0%9f%8c%b1%f0%9f%98%80/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Thorny Issue of Net Zero Collaboration Between Local Authorities and Community Groups. How is it going to work?</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/07/the-thorny-issue-of-net-zero-collaboration-between-local-authorities-and-community-groups-how-is-it-going-to-work/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There has been much talk lately of how local authorities and community groups could work together to tackle the collective challenge of Net Zero. But how is this actually going to work? Germany and Denmark are often cited here as examples of best practice, as mentioned on p17 of this Labour paper. But the research [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Empowering Energy Education: BEC’s Work in Local Schools</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/07/empowering-energy-education-becs-work-in-local-schools/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>BEC Community Energy at Cardinal Newman Catholic School</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/07/bec-community-energy-at-cardinal-newman-catholic-school/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What is Community Energy?</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/07/what-is-community-energy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Long-Term Business Electricity Costs: Navigating a Changing Landscape</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/06/long-term-business-electricity-costs-navigating-a-changing-landscape/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Understanding long-term electricity costs is vital for budgeting and strategic decision-making. The landscape of business electricity costs is shaped by multiple factors, including energy policies, market dynamics, technological advancements, and the push towards sustainability. Renewable Energy and Sustainability Goals The UK government’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and increasing the share of renewable energy in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Community-Driven Excellence: BEC’s Cutting-Edge Renewable Energy Projects</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/06/community-driven-excellence-becs-cutting-edge-renewable-energy-projects/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the past 14 yeras, Brighton Energy Coop (BEC) has emerged as a prominent player in the UK&#8217;s renewable energy sector. Our technical competency, marked by meticulous project execution and a robust community-driven model, positions us as a leading example of how cooperatives can effectively drive the transition to sustainable energy. Advanced Solar Photovoltaic Projects [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sunny Side Up: Brighton Energy Spring Solar News 2024</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/04/sunny-side-up-brighton-energy-spring-solar-news-2024/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newhaven Port]]></category>
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		<title>Community Energy arrives at Newhaven Port!</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/02/community-energy-arrives-at-newhaven-port/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Four BEC Solar Projects at Shoreham Port &#8211; the EcoPort!</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2024/02/three-bec-solar-projects-at-shoreham-port-the-ecoport/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>33 Sussex Businesses Receive EU funded Solar Grant  from BEC</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/12/33-sussex-businesses-receive-eu-funded-solar-grant-from-bec/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brighton Energy Winter Solar News 2023</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/11/brighton-energy-winter-solar-news-2023/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2023 09:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[BEC Tshirts]]></category>
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		<title>Naiad Plastics 58kW Solar PV plus 2 EV Chargers</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/naiad-plastics-58kw-solar-pv-plus-2-ev-chargers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Naiad Plastics are an injection moulding company with over 45 years’ experience in the production of injection moulded parts and assembled products. The company is based in Littlehampton. Plastic injection and moulding are done using heavy machinery which is an energy intensive process. That’s why Naiad Plastics were looking to make use of their pitched [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fine Cut</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/fine-cut/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fine Cut are an industrial printing, marking and cutting company based in Lancing. They produce anything from labels, plaques, signs to graphic overlays and bespoke trophies, and have been running since 1982. The production of these is an energy intensive process, and the installation of solar PV will have a significant beneficial impact financially and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Selsey Press</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/selsey-press/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Selsey Press are professional printers who specialise in digital printing and litho printing. They were founded in 1963 and are based in Selsey, West Sussex. As an environmentally conscious business, Selsey Press encourage their customers to choose environmentally friendly paper products over plastics. They are also FSC certified and are keen to run their presses [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sussex Refrigeration Wholesale Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/sussex-refrigeration-wholesale-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sussex Refrigeration Wholesale Ltd are Refrigeration &#38; Air Conditioning Wholesalers based in Shoreham By Sea. They deal with all the major brands within the industry and they have over 30 years’ experience within the trade. The company successfully applied for a £16,000 grant from our Community Solar Accelerator scheme to help install a 37kW solar [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Morgan Contract Furniture</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/morgan-contract-furniture/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Morgan Contract Furniture is a family-founded British business, dedicated to the design and manufacturing of high-end, contemporary furniture for contract clients around the world. They have two large pitched and flat roof areas that are suitable for solar PV. After a successful grant application to the Community Solar Accelerator scheme, they were awarded a grant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ashtead Engineering Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/ashtead-engineering-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ashtead Engineering Ltd are precision engineers who offer both CNC and conventional machining services, toolmaking and injection moulding to a wide range of industries including Aerospace, Defence, Marine and Automotive. Ashtead Engineering Ltd received a £25k grant from the Community Solar Accelerator scheme towards the installation of a 118kW grid tied solar PV array. This [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wey Estates Limited</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/wey-estates-limited/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wey Estates Limited operate Send Business Centre and the Tannery Studios which are filming and postproduction studios based in Woking. The company operates 24/7 and provide energy to several businesses in the marina that are open during the weekend. Business Director George Hamburger was concerned about the upcoming increase in annual spend on electricity costs [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FermionX Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/fermionx-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FermionX offers a wide range of contract electronics manufacturing services from PCB assembly and sub-assemblies to fully integrated box build, test and shipping fulfilment. The company was keen to install solar panels at their premises in Worthing. FermionX successfully applied for a £25k grant from the Community Solar Accelerator scheme to install a PV array [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Octagon Precision Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/octagon-precision-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Octagon Precision Ltd offer precision waterjet cutting services and they are based in Southbourne, Hampshire. “The anodising facility is a heavy user of energy and a significant concern when our contract expires. As the site owner we intent to secure energy security for our engineering operation while providing a long-term solution.” Rob Simmons, Director The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Munneries</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/munneries/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Munneries Ltd are wholesale suppliers and distributors of fresh produce and dairy with their premises based in East Wittering. The business applied to the Community Solar Accelerator grant scheme to install over 70 solar PV panels on their warehouse and loading bay roof areas. Munneries Ltd received a grant of £11,200 towards their project. “Solar [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Camelot Chilled Foods</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/camelot-chilled-foods/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Camelot Chilled Foods Ltd offer a wide range of chilled foods and they are a trusted partner for the wholesale distribution of chilled and ambient food products. Since 1997, the company has been trading chilled products covering London and beyond the Coast to capital area. Cooling processes are energy intensive, that’s why Camelot Chilled Foods [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BMS Cars Limited</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/bms-cars-limited/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BMS Cars Limited is a repair garage with a used car sales and MOT area in Sidlesham near Chichester. They received a £23,500 grant from the Community Solar Accelerator scheme to implement their 67.5kW Solar PV project. Their south-facing sloping roof is ideal for the installation, and it is expected that the solar array will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Paine Manwaring Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/paine-manwaring-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Paine Manwaring Ltd offer heating, plumbing and electrical services in the South East. They were looking to reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint by installing solar PV at their premises in Worthing. The Community Solar Accelerator scheme was able to support the project with a £14,500 grant. Paine Manwaring Ltd had 38kW solar PV [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Southern Piling Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/southern-piling-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Southern Piling is a specialist in the delivery of piled foundations for housebuilders, developers, contractors and private individuals, across southern England, London and the Home Counties. They successfully applied for the Community Solar Accelerator grant and received £15,600 towards their solar PV installation at their premises in Henfield Business Park. Southern Piling had a 40.5kW [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>London and Brighton Plating</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/09/london-and-brighton-plating/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[London and Brighton Plating are specialist electroplaters and metal finishers offering the treatment and coating of metal components using electroplating &#38; anodising processes. Their services are used by Engineering Companies servicing Aerospace, Medical, Electrical, Electronic, Ultrasonic, Radiotherapy, Semi-Conductors and Vacuums etc. London and Brighton Plating received a £25,000 grant through the Community Solar Accelerator scheme [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marlow Ropes install 178kW Solar PV</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/08/27671-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marlow Ropes have been manufacturing ropes from their UK factory in Hailsham for over 200 years. They received a £25,000 grant from the Community Solar Accelerator to install 178 kW of solar PV on their south-facing pitched roof which is ideal for maximising the benefits of solar panels. As manufacturing ropes is an energy intensive [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/08/69kw-solar-pv-for-rhopoint-instruments-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rhopoint Instruments Ltd manufacture test equipment primarily focussed towards appearance quality measurement. They are keen to further enhance the energy performance of their building and business with the addition of solar PV on their wave-shaped roof. They successfully applied to the Community Solar Accelerator grant and were awarded the maximum grant amount of £25,000. They [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Sussex Sign Company receives CSA Grant</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/08/the-sussex-sign-company-receives-csa-grant/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Sussex Sign Company are a signage company based in Portslade. They have designed and installed some of the county’s most iconic signs and they a varied and extensive portfolio of eco-friendly architectural signs to storefront-LED illuminated letters. The company successfully applied for grant funding from the Community Solar Accelerator Programme and received £10,300 towards [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>39kW Solar PV for The Hylands Group</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/08/27659-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hylands Group are a petrol forecourt with a convenience store based in Great Bookham. They are open 27/7, 365 days a year. Their convenience store uses a lot of energy for refrigeration, heating and compressors. The flat canopy of the forecourt and the tiled roof of the shop are suitable areas for solar PV. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>£17,900 Grant for The Harbour Lights</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/08/17900-grant-for-the-harbour-lights/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Harbour Lights business is a café, restaurant and holiday letting rooms with beautiful views across the harbour in Littlehampton. Their pitched East/West-facing roof presented the perfect opportunity to make use of solar PV which is especially beneficial for them in their busy summer months. The Harbour Lights received a £17,900 grant from the Community [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Done It! £700,000 raised in one month &#8211; our Bond Offer is now Closed.</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/08/weve-done-it-700000-raised-in-one-month-our-bond-offer-is-now-closed/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brighton Energy Launches 6.5%, 5 Year Solar Bond &#8211; Invest Now!</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/07/brighton-energy-launches-6-5-5-year-solar-bond-invest-now/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Panthera Group receive £24,500 grant</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/06/panthera-group-receive-24500-grant/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Panthera Group received a £24,500 grant from the Community Solar Accelerator scheme to install a 50kW solar PV system on their roof. Panthera Group provide construction site set-ups for vital site infrastructure services across London and the Home Counties. These include scaffolds, hoarding, temporary electrics/plumbing, site offices/welfare units and complete site set up. Looking to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>175kW Solar PV for T&#038;G Engineering Co Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/06/27463-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our Community Solar Accelerator programme contributed a £25,000 grant to T&#38;G Engineering Co Ltd’s 175kW solar PV installation. T&#38;G Engineering Co Ltd, founded in 1975 is one of Europe’s foremost high precision subcontract machining companies with customers in aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical, medical, can tooling and special purpose machinery sectors around the world. Tony Smyth, T&#38;G [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>£22,600 for Solar PV at One Digital</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/06/22600-for-solar-pv-at-one-digital/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One Digital received a grant of £22,600 through our ERDF-funded Community Solar Accelerator Programme. They are a commercial printing company located in Brighton and have been operating since 1996. One Digital care about sustainability and are already applying the environmental quality standard ISO14001 to their business practices, including the responsible sourcing of FSC certified paper, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CSA Grant for Firetoys</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/06/27448-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2023 15:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Firetoys is a supplier of high-quality UK made circus equipment and Juggling props in the UK and EU and established in London in 1999. They moved to Brighton in 2003 to expand their manufacturing facility and distribution centre, and they are now based in their own 10,000 sq ft warehouse in Shoreham-by-Sea. Being an eco-conscious [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>40kW Solar PV and 2 EV Chargers for Fireco</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/06/40kw-solar-and-2-ev-chargers-for-fireco/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fireco received a Community Solar Accelerator grant of £19,600 for a 39.7kW solar array and 2 x 22kW electric vehicle charging points. Fireco develops, manufactures and sells their own unique fire safety products and systems. They operate from their 18,000 sq ft premises in Southwick, East Sussex. They manufacture their products and run test equipment [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2022 Smashes BEC&#8217;s Solar Production Records</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/06/2022-smashes-becs-solar-production-records/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>173kW Solar PV for Heritage Parts Centre</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/05/173kwp-solar-pv-for-heritage-parts-centre/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 15:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to support Heritage Parts Centre with a £25,000 grant through the Community Solar Accelerator Grant Programme. Heritage Parts Centre is a specialist VW and Porsche car parts supplier operating from their premises in Shoreham-by-Sea. They stock and supply a large range of parts and accessories for classic VW and Porsche models UK-wide [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>£25k for Eskimo Ice Ltd</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/05/25k-for-eskimo-ice-ltd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Cottrell, Chairman, Brighton Energy Coop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 12:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eskimo Ice are an ice manufacturing business based in Crawley. They have been manufacturing and distributing packaged ice across the UK and Northern Europe since 1978. They operate in a 16,000 sq.ft commercial property and with very high energy consumption as the business runs freezers and equipment in a 24hr operation. Eskimo Ice received a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Are We Doing? Please Tell Us.</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/05/how-are-we-doing-please-tell-us/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 15:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>BEC Business Solar Spotlight</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/05/bec-business-solar-spotlight/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 11:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Innovative Solar-connected Electric Vehicle Charger Network</title>
		<link>https://www.brightonenergy.org.uk/2023/04/innovative-solar-connected-electric-vehicle-charger-network/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Atlanta Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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