I have written about a national co-op of locally ecoliterate and independent RIVERKEEPERS, with powers to range, record, and regulate designated stretches of channel/catchment areas. Meetings in public.

Pictures from our packed #CommunityEnergy Winter Conference at Culters' Hall in #Sheffield

Here are all the amazing shortlisted organisations for the #CommunityEnergy Awards 2025 👏🥳🎉

Community energy allows local people to produce, consume and own energy where they live, together. It is incredibly positive to see community energy continue to feature so prominently in the delivery of the Clean Power Mission.

Two energy projects with a divine connection this week, Croydon Community Energy install 96kW of solar on Archbishop Tenison's school. And the CofE unveil a rooftop solar and air source heat pump upgrade to Lambeth Palace, office of the Archbishop of Canterbury!

Not just in Kent ... We need community owned solar farms everywhere www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A🧵of pics from our fantastic Summer Conference today #InvestinCommunityEnergy #CommunityEnergy #CEF2005

There is a great session on how #CommunityEnergy and #LocalAuthorities can collaborate. See also our related video playlist here: bit.ly/CEE-LAplaylist #InvestinCommunityEnergy #CommunityEnergy #CEF2005

Next up @coppicejt.bsky.social @commenergyengland.bsky.social conference 🙂

This week our Chief Executive, Emma Bridge, attended a reception at No. 10 Downing Street to highlight the contribution of co-operatives and mutuals to UK growth and prosperity. #coops #communityenergy

Resistance is futile... 🐙

The leaders of Community Energy Wales, Scotland and England met Minister Michael Shanks, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) in London today to press for improved conditions to enable community energy to thrive. Our arguments were well received.

There's some real energy in Parliament by this week⚡️   The Government recommitted through the GB Energy Bill to put power in the hands of communities, producing up to 8GW of green, clean, community-owned energy.

Upcoming #CommunityEnergy event hosted by the Energy Learning Network. A great session to join if you are thinking about social value and how you can report on the impact your organisation is making. Happening next week. Sign up now! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6462cc...

100%. Trump getting elected didn't change the physics of the planet's atmosphere, nor the UK's geography of heavily depleted north sea oil and gas reserves and an abundance of renewable energy potential. Delivering climate action that benefits us all is how the UK will prosper.

Our membership network is buzzing with exciting investment opportunities, including one via @ethexuk.bsky.social for Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy. They want to raise £500,000 and they’re already closing in on £350,000! 🚀 Can you help them reach their target? 💚 youtu.be/wp94O_T6ze0

The Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee chose ‘Unlocking Community Energy at Scale’ as their first inquiry and call for evidence. There are 7 highly relevant questions and the deadline for submissions is 5pm on Monday 13 January.

🌟 Upcoming Event 🌟 Join Community Energy South, @communityenergyldn.bsky.social and other partners for a special event, connecting #CommunityEnergy groups in the South East region. 🗓️ Date: 28 January ⏰ Time: 10 AM - 3 PM Book here 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/commu...

🎉 Happy New Year from all of us at CEE🎉 We’re kicking off 2024 with exciting news: the second output from our State of the Sector 2024 research is here🌟 📥 You can download the scrolling infographic and our earlier statistical summary on our website 👇 communityenergyengland.org/pages/state-...

Fun being invited on BBC Radio 5 Live this evening to discuss the news that Govt are considering grants/cheap loans to enable more people to install solar. It's welcome as a move to democratise energy; I'd be keen to see it part of a wider policy to involve insulation /heat decarbonisation though.

Love this image of the Bro Dyfi Community Renewables site. This was the first community owned wind turbine in the UK, and they've now added 300kW of Solar PV to the site. Every town and village in the country should replicate this combo.

"Climate action will only succeed if it delivers on its promise of lower energy bills, happier and healthier communities, and enhanced economic and national security." Sounds a lot like Community Energy. 🌎⚡

Today the Company will depart. Bilbo gives Frodo his sword Sting and—secretly—his magnificent Dwarvish mail-coat of pure mithril. The old hobbit sings softly. ‘I sit beside the fire and think of how the world will be when winter comes without a spring that I shall ever see…’

Incredible analysis of where the profits from the global fossil fuel crisis flowed to. If we repeat the same ownership pattern with renewables then the outcome will be the same. This is why community energy is so important!

👋We’re CEE, the membership body and leading voice for the #CommunityEnergy sector in England. We advocate for community-led energy systems change & support the growth of this vital movement for a cleaner, fairer, and more sustainable energy future. Follow us for updates, and ways to get involved!

I wish all the people upset with Bill Gates would boycott Excel.

Great to get down to Bristol tonight for Community Energy England awards. It was lovely for the @coopparty.bsky.social to be recognised for our work in promoting community energy. It is an important area of our work and it’s great now to have such a supportive Westminster Government - 🐝🐝

How much wind and solar do you need to power the average UK all electric net zero lifestyle? 🌍⚡ 2500kWh 10k miles of driving 2000kWh home use 4500kWh home heating 9000kWh total 3kW solar PV = 3000 kWh 2.6kW share of a wind turbine = 6000 kWh Around £5,600 worth of kit.

Hello! Late to the party as always, but relieved to be here. In other news, what about chatgpt eh!? Looking forward to enjoying social media again. Little pic from the dog walk before we get in the serious stuff.

Shortcut to some energy starter packs: UK/Europe 1: go.bsky.app/BAxXdHc UK/Europe 2: go.bsky.app/DTY2xx3 Women in energy: go.bsky.app/AGCURBf Community energy: go.bsky.app/LpqEmbM

Might as well come out with it here on the samizdat site. I have a 500-ish page book on the carbon cycle over all of Earth and human history coming out next year. The cover looks like this. Will have more to say about it once I finally wrap it up soon and the publisher takes the bounty off my head.

I'm driving on sunshine! ☀️🚗 But what's best, biodiesel or electricity? Fuel from 1 hectare of oilseed crop = <18,000 miles of driving. BUT Electricity from 1 ha of solar PV = 2 million miles in an electric car! ☀️⚡🚗 !🤯 The solar/EV electric combo is incredible! (And 1 wind turbine = 40 million!)

Mann just tipped us over 1.5⁰C with this burn!

thinkingintheworld.com/members/ If you agree that critical, creative, and inclusive thought beyond the shallow popular political-economic paradigm needs to be in included in public discussion, please do read some of the work by members listed here by the CEP.

Big solar coop are here! @isoutar.bsky.social @imhelenj.bsky.social

From my point of view things haven't changed much. In England we still have to be going all out to build community owned renewable energy like solar and wind, and to get everyone aware that they need to be choosing a heat pump for their next central heating system. Stay focused and lead by example.

Hallo, I'm new on bluesky. This is my first post, a very common but nice bryophyte: Hypnum cupressiforme, photo taken in the Black -forest, SW-Germany.

This is work in progress, so if anyone works in or on community energy, let me know.

Some believe it is only Great Power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep that darkness at bay. Simple of acts of kindness and love.