Bristol Beacon is open and BEC is very proud to be part of its amazing journey The transformation of Colston Hall into Bristol Beacon is the […]

A shocking 1% of British adults feel they know a great deal about the concept of community energy. In the run-up to COP28, where governments will […]

We are delighted to share that Bristol Energy Cooperative has received grants from Patagonia’s 1% for the Planet Fund and Younity’s Powering Communities Fund to deliver […]

Dear Prime Minister, This is an open letter from energy cooperatives across the country to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following the King’s Speech – will you […]

Last week (26 Oct) saw the Energy Act 2023 become law after a very long passage of the Energy Bill through parliament. Broadly welcomed by the […]

Following the prime minister’s u-turns on net zero targets, our co-director Andy O’Brien makes clear the direction we need to go from here. In the prime […]

Lizzy Horn, 28, is wildlife researcher for Empowering Futures, one of the recipients of our Megawatt Community Energy Fund. She helped identify wildlife for a book […]

Dame Priti Patel says that the public are “not ready” for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy,and that we don’t have the technology to […]