Local energy

Local energy Planning

Enabling local authorities and communities across the UK to develop effective responses to the threat of climate change and the misery of cold homes is a central feature of CSE’s work. For an overview of our work in this area, to download useful tools and resources, and to sign-up for our free Community Energy Update, click here.

At a workshop in North Somerset, the residents of Pill, Easton in Gordano and Abbots Leigh opted for commercial scale onshore wind (2.5 MW), solar farms (1.5 MW), and roof-mounted solar PV.

Community engagement for low-carbon transition

Contrasting carbon footprint bagels for three neighbouring parishes in the Winchester council area: Droxford, Hambledon and Soberton.

Winchester Climate Action Network (WeCAN)

Community Climate Action

Community Climate Action

Local area energy planning

Local area energy planning

Sustainable Neighbourhood Planning Support

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?

OpenLV - Making local electricity data openly available

Future Energy Landscapes - community consultation method

Supporting community energy groups

Helping local people decide how their community will tackle climate change

Low Carbon Localism

This heap of mining spoil, or 'batch' is a reminder of the area's coal-mining past.

PlanLoCaL: A 'renewable energy action area' for North East Somerset

Rachel Coxcoon uses the PlanLoCaL model to talk about the siting and planning of renewable energy, and how communities can get involved

PlanLoCaL: scale-model brings local people to the planners' table

Talking about planning – PlanLoCaL aims to get communities engaged with their local planning department, particularly in order to identify and promote low-carbon initiatives

PlanLoCaL: overview

Having their say: students at the Climate Change Challenge

Climate Change Challenge 2005

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