In 2023 we released short films showcasing four of our member's projects. The videos explore Power Up North London’s Caxton House retrofit and energy advice project, Brent Pure Energy’s solar installation on Capital City Academy secondary school, SELCE and SE24’s collaborative LED retrofit project at the Glass Mill Leisure Centre in Greenwich and the
SE24 and Joju Solar are running an online training session on rooftop solar projects primarily for SE24 volunteers but they've kindly opened it up to CEL members. Event details: Tuesday 10th October, 18:30 - 20:30 Please email [email protected] if you would like to join.
Coop News provides a great round up of CEL's Chair Syed Ahmed comments during his presentation at Community Energy England's Summer Conference 'Connecting Communities' held at the Coram Centre in London. 29 September 2023
Claire Coutinho MP for East Surrey is the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero! She previously served as Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing and Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work. Yesterday Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his cabinet. Grant Shapps MP - the previous DESNZ Secretary - is
South East London Community Energy (SELCE) are beginning an exciting new Local Energy Advice Demonstrator (LEAD) project in partnership with Repowering London and CEL. As a result they are looking to hire a variety of people for roles including Project Lead, Research Coordinator, Outreach Officer x2, Retrofit Coordinator x3 and Retrofit Assessor x3. The
Work has begun installing 120 solar PV panels on the roof of the Hackney Empire. This project is by Stokey Energy and is being funded partly by Hackney's community energy fund. It's great to see the continued support from Cllr Mete Coban MBE! Exciting moment to see @StokeyEnergy powering up the iconic @HackneyEmpire with
On 11th August the UK government announced a new fund of ten million pounds available for community to apply to for local renewable energy projects. The press release is copied below and additional information can be found here. It is expected to launch this autumn and we will let you know as soon as
Current - the energy industry magazine - is currently running a new series of features on community energy. The overview that set off the series can be accessed here. Then John Luberick explores the regulatory barriers that community energy faces in the UK can be found here. This article also talks of John's experience
The Energy Savings Trust has just announced the fifth round of the Ofgem's Energy Redress Fund. There is £3 million available for eligible charities and community groups working to support energy-vulnerable people and carbon reduction projects. The deadline is 22nd August 2023 at 5pm. We advise you to apply as soon as possible
The Centre For Sustainable Energy in Bristol has launched a new Community Retrofit Guide. This is free to access and will guide communities through everything they need to know to begin projects! Access it here. 17th July 2023
