How can we get more clean, renewable energy in Bath and North East Somerset?

For basic information about individual renewable technologies see the Energy Saving Trust and the Centre for Sustainable Energy guides. For planning requirements in Bath and North East Somerset, visit the Councils' Planning & Sustainability page. 

The Council supports the community energy model. There are several communtity energy organisations operating in Bath and North East Somerset. Bath & West Community Energy, Keynsham Community Energy and Chelwood Community Energy. 

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Uni of Bath Talk: The Future of Sustainable Hydrogen Energy

‘The Future of Sustainable Hydrogen Energy’  Tim Mays, I-SEE Director | Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Bath The prospects for hydrogen as an energy vector (or store) are at the highest now than for many years.  In the UK hydrogen is in the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and is acknowledged by the Climate Change Committee as an important ingredient in meeting the country’s ambitious 2050 Net Zero Carbon target.  This seminar will…

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Writhlington School - solar panels

[Reposted from BWCE website.] BWCE are delighted to announce the installation of a large-scale 170kW solar system on the roof of Writhlington School in Radstock. The 450 panel system was installed by Aniron and funded by BWCE, so the school paid nothing towards the installation. BWCE own and maintain the panels and are selling the clean energy generated to the school at a cheaper rate than the electricity grid. This project demonstrates the ability of community energy to deliver an…

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£31,706 handed to community - thanks to renewable energy generation!

Reposted from Bath & West Community Energy news page.  The BWCE Fund has awarded £31,706 in funding to 11 projects to help them reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty This makes it 80 grants worth over £238,000 that the  BWCE Fund grant programme, administered by Quartet Community Foundation, has awarded since 2015 . Those grants have all gone to local organisations doing vital work to benefit our local communities as well as the environment. In this decisive decade for climate action,…

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Started by Micaela Basford
1 Reply · Reply by Micaela Basford Feb 7, 2022

Community Heat Pumps in Parks?

A friend shared a link to this scheme with me: https://www.wearepossible.org/powering-parksWe are lucky enough to have a number large open park spaces, and a lot of properties that may not be suitable for their own heat pumps.Could this be something that BANES could consider to create community energy networks around the parks?

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3 Replies · Reply by Matthew Jones Feb 22, 2022