Today Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced details of the government’s £3bn green investment package that aims to deliver energy efficiency improvements and green heating schemes across the UK. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Sunak laid out the Government’s plans to provide grants of up to £5,000 for homeowners and Read more…
Why Coronavirus has put pressure on people’s energy costs in Brighton and Hove The Coronavirus lockdown has meant that everyone is spending much more time at home. Whilst this has meant savings on travel costs, it can also led to much higher energy bills as people are using much more Read more…
Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-operative (BHESCo) announced today that they will be continuing work with Firle Estate to create an affordable, low-carbon heat network for this village outside of Lewes in East Sussex, thanks to a recent Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) grant administered by the Greater South East Read more…
Five years after Bunker Housing Co-operative was founded in 2015 residents have moved into the first two self-build properties in East Brighton. Martyn Holmes and his partner Agata Bogacka, who live in Brighton with their children, co-founded Bunker with another family in 2014. They had spent five years trying to Read more…
Investing in community energy initiatives is one of the simplest and most rewarding ways that people can make an impact in the fight against climate change