Community energy fortnight - What's on?

Community energy fortnight - What's on? - 31st August, Tour of community owned hydro electric schemes in Stockport and New Mills. A coach leaves Stockport Town Hall at 10am to visit Stockport Hydro. From there we will go onto Stockport Masonic Guildhall, 169-171 Wellington Road, SK1 3UA for a lunch reception and energy saving workshops (starts 12 noon). Finally, we''ll visit Torrs Hydro in New Mills for a tour and refreshments (starts 3pm). The coach will leave to return to Stockport Town Hall at 5.00pm.

Renewable Energy - a guide for communities

ACRE’s Renewable Energy Community Guide produced  with the Centre for Sustainable Energy,  guide gives advice on planning renewable energy projects. 

Case studies of successful projects are also featured, including:

• A wind turbine in the village of Hockerton, Nottinghamshire, which will generate an estimated £60,000 payback for the village each year. 
• A wood pellet biomass boiler at the Grade II listed St Paul’s Church in Gulworthy Cross, Devon. 
• Two wind turbines that power the Wold Top Brewery and farm in East Yorkshire, creating a stable revenue stream.

The guide is sponsored by Endurance Wind Power.

The Community Energy Fortnight - What's on so far..

The Community Energy Fortnight is an initiative of the Community Energy Coalition. Running from 24th August - 8th September, events will be taking place right across the UK. Through these events, Forum for the future aim to engage and inspire people about the wide-ranging benefits of community energy, and to generate support for our vision of community energy at scale in the UK by 2020.