CEL's AGM is next month and that means we are looking for new Directors!
So if you are a member of one of CEL's member groups + would like to stand for election as a CEL Director you can find out more here and let us know asap!
https://t.co/8CSg5loJmr #CommunityEnergy
We built these water refill points for days like today...
London now has over 4,000 free water refill points across the capital. Find your closest here:
https://t.co/iYq3RmT5fC
Today we launch the #UpTheEnergy Crowdfunder!
Every donation helps us grow the movement for #CommunityEnergy and reach more communities across the country.
Thanks to match funding, your support will go twice as far.
💚 Support the campaign today (link in comments)
From training young Londoners to plant trees in schools to creating wildlife gardens across our city - today @SadiqKhan is announcing a further £4.6 million to boost London’s green spaces, with social justice at its core 🌱✌🏾
➡️ Find our more https://t.co/rE5vNMZeXI
Government set to boost solar uptake
@jessralston2: "Had homes been built more efficiently in the past decade, the UK would not be so dependent on foreign gas imports and not as vulnerable to gas price spikes."
https://t.co/vMbldxUetX
📊 @SolarEnergyUK_ data for 2024
Hackney non-profit organisations to slash bills and emissions with £600k boost for solar and energy upgrades
https://t.co/VW98Oce1U8
Great to see latest news from @hackneypower@mayorofhackney of #Hackney Community Energy Fund @Meg_HillierMP
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨
London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
https://t.co/rVbGkD5QK2
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Farmers, factories & schools as well as public sector organisations could soon be able to install small onshore wind turbines in England without needing to apply for planning permission.
Helping to reduce bills, while protecting against volatile fossil fuel markets.
Sorry @PJTheEconomist I respect your work at IFS but on this one you are completely wrong
Renewables are around 90% of new power investment globally - including in the US led by Texas.
So real economic decision makers think they are economic in the vast majority of markets
There’s light at the end of the tunnel. 🔦
TfL uses as much electricity as 600,000 homes, but the network is officially shifting to be part-solar powered.
We’re on the fast track to a 100% renewable commute by 2030. https://t.co/ZcK5uJJvYt
Amongst recent Government actions on energy listed in today's press release - an odd omission by @energygovuk by forgetting to mention the launch of the recent £1bn Local Power Plan @Ed_Miliband@mgshanks
Good to see in today's @energygovuk press release that Govt "accelerating devolved funding for mayors to deliver home upgrades - including London funding to upgrade low-income homes street by street" https://t.co/BWGh6D1mrI
Southwark Community groups and school can bid for up to £60,000 in Energy Fund open for new applications @lb_southwark#southwark
https://t.co/OqgRZUMoGc
A UK first: The Circular Construction Hub is coming to the Royal Docks.
This is a major step toward a zero-carbon London by 2030, cutting emissions while delivering the new jobs and homes Londoners need. The future of building is here.
https://t.co/7NKhPS2ysg
@Ed_Miliband@RoseMarley1@JimmyLloydW "The levels of ambition and funding in the #LocalPowerPlan are like nothing the UK community energy sector, or the wider co-operative movement, has ever seen before... We look forward to hearing how we, our members and our networks can get involved." #coops#comshares