The theme for the 2018 Community Energy Fortnight was ‘Energising Communities’, an ethos which was wholeheartedly embraced at the Community Energy South Summer Workshop. The day long event took place in Lewes on 9th July and featured presentations from community groups across Sussex, Kent, and London. We heard from Forest Read more…
In Summer 2017, the people of Lewes celebrated the tenth anniversary of their local energy co-op Ovesco by honouring them on the latest Lewes Pound note. Ovesco was born out of the Transition Town movement and has gone on to develop many high profile community energy projects in the area, Read more…
Last week The Argus reported on the rise of community energy groups in Sussex; there are not over 6,000 community energy groups across the UK. The Sussex groups, which have come together in an umbrella group called Community Energy South, are working to reduce the number of people in fuel Read more…