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?
Our Phase 2 funding from the Rural Community Energy Fund came to an end in March 2023. The full report on our work can be found here. Executive Summary from report Derbyshire Dales Community Energy,… Read More »RCEF Funding report
National Grid’s Net Zero Communities Forum is holding an online event on 31 March at 13:30. This will enable you to understand and learn more about the challenge of decarbonising our homes and what the… Read More »A new event from National Grid’s Net Zero Communities Forum
We are pleased to announce that our partner, the Big Solar Co-op, has now relaunched its share offer with improved terms (5% interest). Their first share offer ended in December 2022 with a total raised of £840k. They… Read More »Time to invest in solar PV
Derbyshire Dales Community Energy (DDCE) is delighted to announce that our next networking event, set up to support community energy groups in Derbyshire, is scheduled for the 21st of March 2023. The event is to… Read More »COMMUNITY ENERGY NETWORKING GROUP – next meeting
We are delighted to announce that we are now partnering, as one of 4 regional community energy nodes, with Big Solar Co-op so that we can begin our ambitious decarbonisation programme by installing solar panels… Read More »DDCE PARTNER WITH BIG SOLAR CO-OP TO SCALE UP OUR DECARBONISATION PROGRAMME IN DERBYSHIRE
DDCE are pleased to announce that we are now partnering with Big Solar Co-op: they will raise finance, install solar panels on buildings and manage them for the lifetime of the solar panels. The Big… Read More »Investing with Big Solar Co-op
By working with local authorities, we are providing the expertise on the ground to allow community groups to not only help tackle soaring energy costs, tackle the climate emergency and support the drive towards Net Zero. We are excited to be offering Community Energy Pathways to all local authorities in England as the next step in accelerating the growth of the community energy sector.”
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