Somerset community energy forum

What was the Somerset Community Energy Forum all about?

The first Somerset Community Energy Forum was held on 7 October 2009 in Wells Town Hall. The event was set up by CSE as an opportunity for people from different community groups to find out about what else was going on in the community energy sector, share ideas and discuss opportunities for future work.
 
As part of the event several speakers gave highlights on the activities and successes of their groups, and there was a presentation from Green Communities explaining how the scheme can help local groups. There were four breakout groups to discuss some of the issues facing small groups.
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Many thanks if you came to the event. If you want to be reminded of anything that was discussed during the evening, or if you weren’t able to come but you’re interested in what happened, click on the links below.

Presentation by David Parkin (Sustainable Axbridge Network Somerset Energy Forum)

Presentation by Helen Mewes (Wedmore Green Group)

Presentation by Denise Perrin (Target 80)

Presentation by Louise Rutterford (Green Communities)

Notes from the four breakout sessions
NB the four sessions were: 1) Getting your community energy project up and running; 2) Keeping the momentum going; 3) Sharing knowledge on funding for community energy projects; 4) Ideas for marketing your project.

A lot of people attending expressed an interest in the Green Communities funding database. Click here to access the database.

Thanks to all the speakers and facilitators and to Peter Capener who delivered the plenary session.

What next?

If possible we would like to run another community energy forum in future, taking on board your feedback from this event.  In the meantime, you can sign up to Green Communitites for more support with your community project, and if you would like to receive updates from CSE, use the link on this site to sign up for our enews bulletin.

If you have other queries relating to the Somerset Community Energy Forum, please contact me, Briget Newbery, on briget.newbery@cse.org.uk

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