The Co-operative is campaigning for a clean energy revolution.
As part of our ‘Clean Energy Revolution’ campaign, The Co-operative is supporting communities across the country to generate their own renewable energy.
A bold new initiative – the Community Energy Challenge – will provide mentoring, technical advice and community facilitation for six to eight communities, enabling them to initiate co-operative renewable energy projects of significant scale. The result will be a powerful set of model community energy schemes that will help usher in a clean energy revolution across the UK.
The Community Energy Challenge is being delivered by the Centre for Sustainable Energy on behalf of The Co-operative. We’re looking for ambitious communities to develop projects that get people involved, change the way we think about energy, and inspire others to take action.
Read the Community Energy Challenge launch press release.
Kick-start a clean energy revolution in your community.
For the chance to receive support to start your own project, take the Community Energy Challenge. The deadline for applications is February 29th 2012. Visit the Challenge website and apply now.
Join our campaign and together we can bring about a clean energy revolution.
Saying NO to more dirty fossil fuels: we're calling for a moratorium on the development of shale gas in the UK and a halt to the dangerous expansion of Canadian tar sands exploitation.
Saying YES to clean energy: we're supporting communities to develop renewable energy and take control of their energy future, and calling on the UK Government to invest more in clean energy.
Powering our village
See how a small group of revolutionaries in Cumbria are powering their village. Watch this short film about the Baywind Energy Co-operative, the UK's first community-owned wind farm.