We are launching our tenth share offer! This time we’re partnering with Triodos Bank UK to tap into the growing interest from everyday investors to support green energy generation, local communities and energy independence. We aim to raise £1 million, which will allow us to keep developing innovative new clean energy projects and add an additional 1 Megawatt of solar energy to our portfolio. These projects will power nearly 300 homes over 25 years, saving 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions and directing an estimated £130,000 into community projects through revenue. Click here to invest now!
It has been an incredible journey to get here, 13 years of hard slog powered by passion, dedication and a desire to put community at the centre of the energy transition. We’ve invested £13.4 million in 20 solar and battery projects online with a total peak capacity of 12MW, and directed £400,000 into community projects. Our recent rooftop solar installations on the newly refurbished Bristol Beacon music venue and The Bottle Yard Studios film and TV studio facility are just some of the incredible projects we’ve been part of – putting community energy firmly centre stage in Bristol.
Minimum investment in the crowdfunding offer is £100, with a maximum investment amount of £100,000. The target interest rate is 6% per year.
“We’ve come a long way since launching Bristol Energy Cooperative, and in that time the need for a cleaner, fairer energy system has only increased,” our CEO Helen Martin said. “That’s why we’ve got big plans to scale up our work to help meet the many challenges our society faces head on, and we need investors help to achieve these ambitions. Our investors will be actively helping to tackle the climate emergency, increase energy independence and strengthen local communities.”
Whitni Thomas, head of corporate finance at Triodos Bank UK, added: “We’ve been a proud supporter of community energy for many years, and are pleased to be working with Bristol Energy Cooperative as such an innovative organisation in this area.
“We find that the investors using our crowdfunding platform really ‘get’ the purpose and drive behind community-owned renewables, so we expect that they’ll be plenty of interest in support for this share offer.”
In 2018, Triodos was the first bank to launch a crowdfunding platform in the UK. The bank has a history of working with community-owned renewable energy projects and has raised over £28 million for a range of community energy organisations and projects across the country.
Community energy is such a brilliant way of taking immediate and practical action to tackle the climate crisis, and for the last 13 years BEC have been at the forefront of that change. Now is your chance to be part of the next stage of our journey!
Important information
Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 mins to learn more.
Unlike company shares, withdrawable shares in a society cannot go up in value, but they can go down which means you could lose some or all of the money you invest. You should therefore regard this investment as much as a social and environmental one as a financial one. You should only invest what you can afford to lose.
Investments are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and your capital is at risk and returns are not guaranteed. You should always read the offer document in full before deciding whether to invest as it will cover risks specific to an individual investment. You can read more about the general risks associated with making these types of investments here. If you are unsure if any of these investments are right for you, you should contact an Independent Financial Adviser.
