Bristol Community Energy Strategy

The strategy sets out aims and steps for community level action on energy and seeks to enable local.

Bristol community energy strategy.

Social and economic benefits of community energy schemes by the national trust. Bristol community energy fund is a scheme set up by bristol city council with seed funding provided by the department of energy and climate change. Low carbon ambition in 2017 three years ahead of schedule the council met and exceeded its target to reduce corporate carbon emissions by 50 against a 2005 baseline. The community energy strategy sets out how communities are.

Get a quick introduction to the work of bristol community energy fund by watching the video above. Department of energy climate change s community energy strategy march 2015. Community energy covers many different types of community getting involved in different ways to help meet the uk s energy challenges. The bristol community strategy for energy.

Planlocal s renewable energy advice for community energy projects. We work in partnership with the bristol energy network to support and grow the ever growing number of community energy projects in bristol. The strategy can be accessed here. The strategy is the first of its kind in bristol and the uk and sets out to put communities at the heart of bristol s energy system the strategy has been developed through the bristol energy network ben with over 50 individuals and groups contributing in the previous six months.

Alongside the strategy mr ferguson also launched bristol solar city an initiative that aims to make bristol the uk s solar capital. The result of community projects and city wide partnerships working effectively together. Get in touch by calling 0117 428 0904 or emailing ppa bristol energy co uk. As part of the energy service s work a council owned energy supplier bristol energy was established in 2015 with the ethos of being a force for social good.

The community energy movement that we started in 2015 continues to grow and flourish adapting regularly to changes in policy and approach proving continually that bristol is a resilient city with an unyielding passion for its people. This bristol community strategy for energy has been developed through the bristol energy network by local community groups and the organisations that they work with. Last friday mayor george ferguson launched the bristol community strategy for energy at a lively solar pavilion on college green.