by Atlanta Cook | Jan 18, 2023 | Blog
Let us know it you’re interested! So – fresh for 2023 – we’re moving on to our next major project. This will be 750kwp of new solar, or around 2000 solar panels, at a local port. To fund this exciting new Brighton Energy Co-op project, we are...
by Atlanta Cook | Jan 10, 2023 | Blog
Happy New Year to you all! Our largest ever solar system was signed off and switched on today. 1410 panels are set to produce a whooping 578kWp and save 400 tonnes of CO2 pollution each year. Thank you to everyone who has invested so far and worked through the...
by Atlanta Cook | Oct 25, 2022 | Blog, old projects ed, schools colleges etc
Brighton Energy Co-op members funded and built a 250kW system of 909 x 275W panels for East Sussex College’s Ore Valley campus in March 2019. It generated 234 MWh in 2021 – the equivalent to boiling a kettle a million times! The financial savings for the...
by Atlanta Cook | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog
Rathfinny Wine Estate in Alfriston, East Sussex is partnering with Brighton Energy Co-op (BEC) to provide 1500 community-owned solar panels on the roofs of the winery. The project will save 400 tons of carbon each year – and support Rathfinny’s...
by Atlanta Cook | Jun 14, 2022 | Blog, old projects ed, schools colleges etc
Saving Local Schools Money Through Solar As part of our 2019 Solar For Schools project 13 local Sussex schools received free community-funded solar PV energy systems. Rudyard Kipling Primary School partnered with Brighton Energy Co-op (BEC) to put a 60kW...
