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Enabling rural communities to thrive: Powering the rural economy
6th July 2015
- Brett Pingree
Britain, along with much of the rest of the world, is facing the infamous energy “trilemma” of rising energy costs, climate change and strains on security of supply. With about 20% of our population living in rural areas, it’s vital that we find clean, sustainable ways to address this trilemma within the rural economy.
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The answer to our energy problems? The “off the grid economy”
4th May 2015
The near inexorable rise in UK energy prices over the past five years has made energy policy a topical electoral battleground for next month’s General Elections. But unsustainable energy prices reflect not just inadequate policy, but the need to re-think our entire energy model.
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Creating energy efficient homes in the UK – The East 7 Community Green Dividend
1st May 2015
The UK’s housing stock is some of the least energy efficient in Europe, with energy waste accounting for 15% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions in September 2014. While energy inefficiency has clear environmental implications, it is also hurting UK consumers with the current average dual-fuel bill set to rise above £1,264 per year.
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Hot Air not Warm Homes: Why the Greens’ manifesto commitments on energy efficiency are not credible
14th April 2015
In previous years the release of the Green Party General Election manifesto has not been accompanied with a great deal of interest from the national media, but with a growing share of the vote and with the outcome of the election staggeringly uncertain, the party may yet help to determine who forms the new administration.
Energy + Energy Efficiency + GE2015 + Green Part + Manifesto
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Community Energy Strategy: What are the implications for commercial developers?
5th February 2014
DECC’s Community Energy Strategy is a glass half full for some, and half empty for others. Jonathan Porritt gave it a 4/10. Megan Darby of Utility Week was rather more impressed and summarised it in a very readable article entitled “DECC feels community spirit.”
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Community Energy Strategy: A ‘Second Way’ For The UK’s Energy Market
29th January 2014
Publication of the first Community Energy Strategy is a welcome recognition that the UK’s energy consumers don’t have to be abandoned to the mercy of faceless multi-national conglomerates. The community energy model is well proven in many parts of Europe – and the USA come to that – but hitherto hopelessly under-exploited in the UK.
Community energy + Community energy strategy + Energy + Energy policy
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Community Energy Strategy: Is This The Game Changer We Have Been Waiting For?
27th January 2014
This strategy could not come soon enough. At a time of rapidly rising energy bills and growing concerns over the impact of energy infrastructure on our precious landscapes, community energy offers people a chance not only to take more control of their energy – where it comes from and what it costs – but also feel confident that the places they love have not been sacrificed to generate it.
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Community Energy Strategy: The Roadblock to Scaling Community Energy
22nd January 2014
Community Energy will remain the domain of wealthy areas where volunteers (often professionals and retired) muster up the enthusiasm, knowledge and community spirit to deploy and finance a low carbon technology, for the benefit of the community.
Community energy + Community finance + Energy + Social impact + Solar PV
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