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
A major breakthrough…( A direct quote from our very own Steve Martin) Hundreds of solar panels will be installed on the roof of a Cambridge University chapel, despite objections. Cambridge City Council approved the application… Read More »Cambridge leading the way in decarbonising heritage buildings !
Some highlights from Community Energy England’s Newsletter.We expect their full newsletter to be posted on their website in the near future but for now here’s some highlights we’d like to showcase: https://communityenergyengland.org/pages/newsletter#CEE%20Member%20Newsletter Urge the government… Read More »”Turbocharging” Community Energy with Community Energy England
Steve, John and Richard from Sharenergy visited Nenplas a couple of weeks ago and we were very well received by the CEO, financial director and accountant. They were given a full tour of the factory… Read More »Exploring new solar installation site in Ashbourne
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