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25/6/2013

Last Friday, Mayor George Ferguson launched the Bristol Community Strategy for Energy at a lively Solar Pavilion on College Green. Alongside the strategy Mr Ferguson also launched ‘Bristol Solar City’ – an initiative that aims to make Bristol the UK’s solar capital.

The strategy is the first of its kind in Bristol and the UK and sets out to ‘put communities at the heart of Bristol’s energy system’.The strategy has been developed through the Bristol Energy Network (BEN) with over 50 individuals and groups contributing in the previous six months.

Emilia Melville 9.6.2013

Lets make a BEN response to the DECC Community Energy Strategy Consultation!  

Bristol Green Doors want to offer community groups across Bristol the opportunity to run a workshop over the weekend of 28/29th September (the weekend of BGD). We will have a small amount of space on our map booklets (approx 50 words) to detail your workshop as well as location, times and booking details.

Ambitious plans to make Bristol the first solar capital city in the UK will be revealed by the Mayor of Bristol, George Ferguson, on Friday 21^st June at the launch of a unique three day solar city event.  Bristol Solar City, the group behind the project, is aiming to install 1GW solar photovoltaic panels by 2020 making Bristol the UK capital for solar power.

Engaging residents with energy efficiency in partnership with a local group

As part of a national programme of community outreach pilots being led by Groundwork UK and funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, CSE was awarded funding in December 2012 to test how outreach within a community could lead to greater interest and uptake of energy efficiency measures.

We focussed our efforts on the BS3 (Bedminster) area of Bristol, and worked with the local community energy group, Bedminster Energy Group (BEG).