News specifically for BEC’s investor members.
What a day to hold our first online meeting for Community Energy groups! In February we ran an online event inviting emerging groups to join us to share experience and knowledge about challenges and opportunities we’ve managed over the last…
If you’re reviewing your finances for 2025, or checking your will is up to date, don’t forget these useful facts: If you hold investments in BEC Bonds, they can be easily transferred to another adult at any time, or divided…
What kind of things are important to you when considering becoming a member? What do you think should be BEC’s priority? These are some of the things we’d love to hear from you in our supporters and members’ survey. Your…
Our eighth share offer closed this week, and wow, what an achievement. Over the course of six months, 478 people came together to raise a staggering £1.3million! All this, right in the middle of a cost of living crisis. We…
The Cooperative Press has taken the bold and positive step of investing in the Bristol Energy Cooperative. The £5000 investment will help develop an array of projects ranging from a microgrid at Bridport Cohousing to 127kW of rooftop solar at…
We’ve now used some of the funds from our current share offer to purchase the battery for our microgrid at the new Water Lilies housing development in the Lawrence Weston area of Bristol. The 223 kW /446KWh lithium-ion Tesla battery…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The public has so far invested over £4 million in Bristol Energy Cooperative’s clean energy projects. Our latest investment opportunity is via a bond – an Innovative Finance ISA bond. This is one of the first available for community energy,…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Many people want to tackle climate change, but are unsure how to really make a difference. At times, it can feel overwhelming. One easy way to help society make a lasting shift from fossil fuels to renewables is to…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In our current crowdfund, we’ve already raised over £200,000. But we have a long way to go to meet our £1.15m target by 31 July 2017. There are many reasons to make a positive investment in community energy. Today hear…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “I like the fact that BEC is Bristol based and has a track record of building schemes locally. One of the features that particularly attracted me to this offer was the proposed battery storage project. It seems to me…