Local energy

Local energy

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.

Solar panels on council housing in Warwickshire

Community energy benefits in deprived communities

Offering an easy-entry, hands-on activity – like turning old tights into draught excluders – makes community energy more accessible.

Powering Up! - nurturing local leadership on energy

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

Improving a home's energy efficiency will make it warmer and cheaper to heat

WPD Affordable Warmth Local Action Fund (2016-17)

Bright Green Future

Bright Green Future

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.

Western Power Distribution Community Chest (2010-17)

Projects in a box

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

Bristol Energy Champions

Supporting community energy groups

UCEF will stimulate community projects of a significant scale

Urban Community Energy Fund (UCEF)

The busy and vibrant SouthBank Centre will use its grant money to purchase a new boiler

Bristol Community Building Fund

Bristol Green Capital Energy Action Group

Bristol Green Capital Energy Action Group

Community solar in Wedmore, Somerset

Community Energy Practitioners' Forum

The catalysts receive training through day seminars and webinars

Youth Community Energy Catalysts

What do young people think about renewable energy developments, and their impact on the landscape? What might they suggest?

Renewables in the Rural Landscape: workshops for schools

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