Relight My Fire Festival comes alive! ReLight My Fire Festival, which saw artists bring energy to the streets and venues of Exeter between 18th and 21st September, was a great success. Thank you to everyone who took part or came along to one of the many events – all the pedallers who powered the bands at Exeter Quay, […]
20/08/2015
September PV1 Update
Solar PV1 We are very happy to announce that we have signed a Heads of Terms agreement with Exeter College for a 150kWp installation at their Technology Centre on Cumberland Way. There is still a lot to work to do but this is a significant step after a long process of developing an attractive enough […]
21/07/2015
Community Energy and Renewables News
Government Policy on Renewables There is uncertainty in the green energy sector as the government moves forward with changes to the way subsidies, green taxes and industry regulations are managed. Firstly, the government have announced that the Renewables Obligation, a subsidy for large scale renewables projects, will be removed for onshore wind a year […]
18/06/2015
ECOE Public Meeting and AGM
ECOE Public Meeting & AGM – 22nd June 6pm Stephens Scown Solicitors Meeting Room, Curzon House, Southernhay We’d like to invite everyone to our public meeting to review our first year and look forward to what we can achieve in the future. ECOE Exec Chair Gill Wyatt will open the session with a presentation on […]
08/05/2015
Respect Festival
Respect Festival – Sunday 7th June, Belmont Park We’re delighted to announce we have a stall at the wonderful Exeter Respect Festival – the city’s annual celebration of diversity which uses the performing and creative arts to engage the wider community in saying no to racism and all forms of prejudice. The event is on […]
08/05/2015
ECOE Social
ECOE Social – Thursday 14th May, Phoenix bar All work and no play doesn’t bode well for community or energy, so we’re meeting up every 2nd Thursday – that’s the 14th this month – from 6pm in the Phoenix bar. No doubt there’ll be some chat about how we’re getting on with Solar PV1 and […]
08/05/2015
May Update on Solar PV1
Following our success in securing a grant from the Urban Community Energy Fund, we have now commissioned a study of all rooftops in Exeter that could fit 30kWp or more and we are currently reviewing the data that has come back. This means we have over 350 roofs to investigate. Although many will have been […]
16/04/2015
Volunteer evening and new opportunities
We had a great volunteer evening at the Globe Inn last month – thanks to everyone who came along and helped us eat their delicious pizza. Some new faces that we met on the night are already busy helping make Solar PV1 a reality. If you missed it do not fear, we’d still love you […]
16/04/2015
April update on Solar PV1
We are delighted to announce that our application to the Urban Community Energy Fund has been successful! We’ve just received the first instalment of a total grant of £18,320 and we’re getting going on delivering the work. This will involve, amongst other things, commissioning mapping experts BlueSky to do a desktop survey of every roof […]
10/04/2015
Renewable Energy Marketplace
The biggest energy event in the south-west: The Renewable Energy Marketplace April 21st, Westpoint Arena. Exeter Community Energy is delighted to offer you a discounted rate for entry to this year’s Renewable Energy Marketplace! You can book your discounted ticket by clicking here Use promo code conferencecommunity for 50% discount on attending any or all of the […]
