Our work

Community energy

We have around 60 projects on the go at any one time, each helping us meet our charitable goals of finding solutions to the threat of climate change and the misery of cold homes. Unless you're viewing this page on a mobile device, our projects below are organised by our work areas (home energy, local energy, research and policy analysis) and by topic.

The smart energy vision includes enhancing the financial value of renewable heat and power generated in the city – particularly from variable sources like wind, solar and tidal.

Bristol Smart Energy City Collaboration

Policy analysis

Supporting community energy groups

Solar panels on council housing in Warwickshire

Community energy benefits in deprived communities

What conditions are needed to give residents of Penhill in Swindon a sense of agency over their energy use?

Upgrading 230,000 substations to cope with additional load, such as car charging points, will be expensive. So can we do something clever to spread the load?

Despite the advantages offered by wind power, its place at
the centre of landscape development often makes it a contentious issue.

Common Concerns About Wind Power - 2nd edition

Future Energy Landscapes

Energy advice can help households to lower and manage their bills

WPD Affordable Warmth Local Action Fund

Bright Green Future

Avonmouth community gather at a local Thrive Renewables site - four 2MW turbines capable of powering 4,600 homes

Thrive Renewables Community Benefit Programme

The new boiler, with giant rosette, being installed at The Arts Factory in the Rhondda Valley, a beneficiary of the last round of WPD Community Chest funding.

WPD Community Chest (2016)

Projects in a box

Champions will engage new audiences with sustainable energy at existing community events and meetings.

Bristol Energy Champions

Expressions of interest have been submitted and the projects are currently being reviewed; the final portfolio will be announced in March 2015.

Our Bright Future

CSE's Phillip Morris answers questions from the audience

Green Deal conference (2011)

UCEF will stimulate community projects of a significant scale

Urban Community Energy Fund (UCEF)

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