At a recent meeting of the District Council’s Climate Task Group, we gained their support for an approach by Councillor Roger Shelley to re engaging the senior management at Forged Solutions regarding Big Solar Coop’s… Read More »Forged Solutions Darley Dale
This report is a summary evaluation of the ‘Home Energy MOT’ project, designed to offer advice and low level insulation help to the residents of Hayfield parish, High Peak, Derbyshire, September 2022-April 2023. This project… Read More »The ‘Hayfield Hundred’
At the Community Energy England Award Ceremony at the Lowry Theatre in Salford yesterday we are proud to announce that Derbyshire Dales Community Energy (DDCE Ltd) was given the Small/Medium organisation of the year accolade.… Read More »COMMUNITY ENERGY ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR 2023
In this ground-breaking report the authors main finding is that the electricity requirements within Hope Valley will rise, at least doubling, by 2050. Under all future energy scenarios, we will see an increase in electricity… Read More »Hope Valley Renewable Energy Future Predictions
An organisation spearheading Derbyshire’s grassroots shift to renewable energy has been shortlisted for a national award just as final preparations begin for installing its first solar arrays in the Matlock area. By Ed Dingwall, Derbyshire Times… Read More »Derbyshire community energy group shortlisted for national industry award
Negotiations with MP supporters of the Local Electricity Bill amendments, deleted by government from the Energy Bill, have resulted in the government creating the Community Energy Fund of £10m over 2 years to help identify and develop projects in England. Once… Read More »Community Energy Fund – latest news
Community Energy projects are bringing benefits to groups across Derbyshire. By increasing the uptake of locally owned renewable energy these initiatives support Local Government and National Government targets for reaching net zero. This video describes… Read More »Midlands Net Zero Hub
DDCE are presenting at the Net Zero Communities Forum on July 14, 2023 in Nottingham. The event is hosted by the National Grid / Regen. You can get tickets and the event agenda here: National… Read More »Net Zero Communities Forum – Nottingham
Author: Dave Chapman, Board Member, DDCE 12 June 2023 As a recent retiree and having a little more time to take the news than when I ran an SME for over 25 years, the recent… Read More »ChatGPT on the impact of climate change on Derwent Valley World Heritage Sites
Pioneering UK-wide community energy business the Big Solar Co-op is kicking off its first large rooftop solar installation using sustainable and more ethical high-tech solar panels made by Swiss company Meyer Burger, the first time… Read More »Is this the UK’s most sustainable & ethical large-scale rooftop solar installation?