BEC’s Solar Projects
We are the proud owners of 90+ community-owned solar arrays.
Our solar partners range from schools to businesses, and from blocks of flats to a football stadium.
Our solar systems are funded by our members – hundreds of people who joined us since 2010, to build renewable energy systems for our city.
Our members receive a return on their investment and the chance to join a dynamic, progressive organisation committed to the development of community-owned renewables.
Community investment in BEC Solar Projects (£)
Brighton Energy Co-op MEMBERS
BEC Community Energy Projects
Commercial Rooftops
Our expanding portfolio of commercial partners includes Shoreham & Newhaven Ports, Rathfinny & Bolney Wine Estates, Refine Metals near Horsham and The Big Lemon bus company in Brighton.
We also own solar energy projects on the roof of Maidstone United Football Club, at Infinity Foods Wholesale warehouse in Portslade, and in 2018 we put free solar on BCMY, Medisort and RT Page in Littlehampton. See the map above for all our solar sites.
Refine Metals use BEC solar to save thousands ££££’s on their energy bills
Installed in the summer of 2016, the solar PV system at Refine Metals is owned and operated by energy co-operative Brighton Energy Coop. The Coop funded and developed the system; Refine now buys electricity from the solar panels at a discounted rate. This discount means Refine Metals in excess of £7,000 a year on their electricity bills, and saves more than 40 tonnes of carbon. Refine Metals was developed by the Brighton Energy Coop team and installed by GenerationFIT
Community Energy at Shoreham Port | Pre 2019 projects
Brighton Energy Coop has a long-standing partnership with Shoreham Port, one of the largest cargo-handling ports on the south coast. BEC owns more than 2000 solar panels on Port buildings – on two large industrial sheds and at a Port-owned business centre. These systems generate a substantial proportion of the energy used to operate this crucial Sussex facility.
Solar For Schools
BEC works with Brighton & Hove City Council, Worthing & Adur Council, the University of Brighton and various Academies to bring solar power to many of their educational buildings. We’ve put free solar on Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, Blatchington Mill Secondary School, Hove Park Lower & Upper, all four GBMC campuses, Ore Valley College, and numerous local primary schools. See all our educational buildings projects here.
Blatchington Mill Secondary School Goes Solar
BEC's Free Solar For Schools Programme Keeps Growing Across Brighton & Hove Tucked in a high corner of Hove, Blatchington Mill School’s south-facing roofs are a great home for BEC’s 200kWp solar system. Our locally-owned green energy system builds on the...
Hove Park School Gets Free BEC Solar System
Hove Park School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form centre spread over two sites in Hove. With several great south-facing roofs, we installed two solar systems here in early 2020, which now green the schools energy supply and provide an excellent educational...
Westdene Primary School Joins BEC’s Solar Schools
Westdene Primary School Goes Solar! Westdene Primary & Nursery School is 11th Brighton & Hove school to receive a free solar electricity system from Brighton Energy Co-op Brighton Energy Co-op (BEC) switched on Westdene Primary School & Nursery’s free...
Residential and in the Community
We’ve put solar PV on both St George’s Church in Brighton, City Coast Church in Portslade and on Park Gate in Hove, a block of residential flats. We have a large solar array on Splashpoint Leisure Centre in Worthing, and have helped the Brighton Earthship develop solar energy on their roof as well as supporting other low-carbon schemes via our Community Fund. You can see a selection of our off-grid systems here.
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