‘Powering Our Communities.’

The Community Energy South discussions.

This is one of four events taking place across the region between the 19th and 29th of September.

Please confirm your attendance by registering for the Chichester event.

Organised by Community Energy South, to showcase local community energy initiatives, it sets out to encourage new groups to take up community energy, look at scaling up our low carbon future and to develop local, green-growth jobs.

Community Energy is now, more than ever, featuring upon community agendas across the country. Today there are 6000 community energy groups in the UK looking closely at their local energy use. In doing so, they are making bold steps to generate locally owned energy, alongside helping their communities to use their power and heat more efficiently. These communities are both empowering themselves and making significant cost savings.

The ‘Powering our Communities’ events are free and focused upon providing information for community groups, parishes, local authorities, individuals and businesses whom all want to know more about developing a low carbon, energy efficient community. It provides an opportunity for everyone to learn from communities whom are doing just that. Existing groups will showcase the growth of community energy and debate the future growth of the industry in our region.

These half-day conferences will provide opportunities to meet local energy champions. Lunch is provided and the conference agenda will cover:

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY ENERGY

– Community Energy – developing local power networks

– Tackling Fuel poverty – Big Energy Saving Network in Sussex and Kent

– schools and energy champions.

– District heating – case studies for off-grid communities.

SCALING UP & MAKING LOCAL GREEN JOBS
– Training in community energy and energy efficiency.

– Large scale solar and community involvement

– Community energy and development.

– Our own regional energy tariffs.

– Your Energy Sussex- The Green Growth Platform.

Supported by; OVESCo, Communities Matter, Barcombe Energy Group, HKD Energy (Hassocks Keymer and Ditchling), Brighton Energy Coop, Brighton & Hove Energy Services Company, Energise Sussex Coast, RX Energy Rye, Cuckmere Valley Solar, Alfriston Energy, Worthing Energy Shop, SOLESCO Chichester and Adur, Sustainability Connections, Steyning Greening Group, Forest Row Energy, East and West Sussex County Council (Your Energy Sussex), Kent County Council, Repower Balcombe, Eastbourne Community Energy, University of Brighton Green Growth Platform, Forum for the Future.