- Profits from community windfarm to fund a million native trees in Hebrides, theguardian.com (Aug 31, 2024)
- Government states that Great British Energy will also work to scale up community energy projects – partnering with energy companies, local authorities and cooperatives to develop up to 8GW of small- and medium-scale projects, theguardian.com (Jul 25, 2024)
- Public backs move to green home heating but more government support is needed, research shows, theconversation.com (May 02, 2024) — "...in Liverpool, strong local identity and a feeling of solidarity led most participants to prefer a locally-owned system to private provision."
- Fuel poverty: as government support dries up, communities are taking action, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2024)
- Renewables produce more than 100% of Scotland's electricity demand for first time, news.stv.tv (Jan 26, 2024)
2023[edit | edit source]
- Britain’s roofs can be a huge resource for solar energy, theguardian.com (Dec 22, 2023)
- Former fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolution, theguardian.com (Nov 05, 2023)
- Community solar is set to surge in the UK, and you can have a piece of the pie, positive.news (Oct 23, 2023)
- Locals in this British seaside town could revolutionise green energy – if the government lets them, Rebecca Willis, professor of energy and climate governance at Lancaster University, theguardian.com (Jul 18, 2023)
- Pumping hot: inside Britain’s first heat pump village, positive.news (Jul 12, 2023)
- Rooftops can provide over half our solar energy targets, report shows, cpre.org.uk (May 23, 2023)
- Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time, BBC News (May 11, 2023)
- Why Britain’s rivers could be one solution to the energy crisis, positive.news (Feb 27, 2023)
2022[edit | edit source]
- The cost-of-living crisis is bringing out a lot of cooperative and collective innovation - especially in Wales, The Daily Alternative (Nov 17, 2022)
- Bristol's forthcoming solar-powered film studio will be driven by the biggest star of them all, The Daily Alternative (Oct 31, 2022)
- The tallest wind-turbine in England, built by a community network full of agency, in one of Bristol's most deprived areas, The Daily Alternative (Apr 23, 2022)
- How Stroud council is encouraging renewables in its Local Plan, takeclimateaction.uk (Mar 09, 2022)
- Who owns Britain’s underground heat? Answering this could help slash energy bills and carbon emissions, The Conversation (Feb 16, 2022)
- A startling UK map showing how much we use land for animal agriculture - and how much solar is crowded out, The Alternative UK (Jan 24, 2022)
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See also[edit | edit source]
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- Climate action UK, UK Climate news
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- Rural sustainability UK
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