Community Energy England Awards – Case Studies
As you have hopefully learned by now CEL was very happy to win the Community Energy Champion (Team) Award last week.
Community Energy England have very helpfully put together a webpage on all the nominees and winners of all 12 awards. Check it out here!
London had a successful groups with CEL members SELCE winning two awards – Social And Environmental Impact Award and Photo of the Year and Repowering winning the Community Engagement and Inclusion Award! Congratulations!
Repowering London have been shortlisted for their engagement with residents in their community energy co-operatives; Lambeth Community Solar, North Kensington Community Energy and Aldgate Solar Power. They have recruited and trained volunteers who have worked on different projects and activities to develop and grow the co-operatives, including organising local climate events and workshops (on energy advice and solar panel making), connecting with local community groups and participating in their events, building political support for community energy, identifying sites for future solar panel installations, developing outreach and communications materials.
SELCE have been shortlisted for their fuel poverty and energy efficiency advice delivery. A Bristol University study in 2020 showed that their work delivered at least a 9:1 social return on investment. SELCE delivers advice online and in-person through their energy cafes, workshops, 1:1 consultations, home visits and community events. SELCE collaborated with Repowering London on kick-starting the Community Energy Winter Support initiative involving many London CE groups. They also deliver a Future Fit Homes programme for those able to pay and they are working on a whole-street retrofit project with bulk purchasing. The SELCE team also install LED lighting for community buildings and schools. Since 2015 they have installed solar on 7 schools and 4 public buildings. Each year the installations collectively generate 487,326 kilowatt-hours of clean electricity.
