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.

Sustainable Neighbourhood Planning Support

Thrive Renewables Community Benefit Programme

Thrive Renewables Community Benefit Programme

Supporting community energy groups

Awel Aman Tawe, grew out of a local regeneration charity which was looking into asset-based community development

Local energy schemes: how can we get more of them in low-income areas?

We'll be challenging Bridgend County residents to take charge of their energy future.

The Bridgend County Energy Challenge

Healthy Homes Dorset - insulating homes in Dorset

It's often easier to receive help from a trusted friend or neighbour. Faith and befriending groups' strong social ties mean they are in a good position to help those that other services can't reach.

Community-led fuel poverty innovations

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?

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

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)

SEPD Resilient Communities Fund

SEPD Resilient Communities Fund

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