@fce-cbs.bsky.social
Forest Community Energy CBS Ltd is an active group in the Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, UK. We are a community of people who believe that the future of energy should be clean, fair, and locally owned. www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk
There's a lot to think about when setting up as a #communityenergy organisation.
#Tech is one of the foundations to get right. We wanted to share our strategy and choices to help #capacitybuilding
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/the-tech-we-...
Thank you @josef.is & @lesteph.com for your help!
Keep tabs on what we are up to..
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@stuartaken.bsky.social Thank you for sharing!
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A large bunch of violets (which smell great) flowering in dappled sunshine. There's some lawn grass visible around them.
I know it's the wrong flower but here are some violets in our garden for you all. They smell great. Dydd GwΕ·l Dewi Sant hapus all.
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Well done Ash, Peter, and the wonderful WASP team!
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A brilliant start to our #GetGrantReady Pilot this week! So much experience and energy in the room. Inspiring! Thank you, everyone, for your participation.
Excited to see where we are in two months time.
#communityenergy
A great turn out and lively discussions about how to move forward Community Energy locally at our Stroud Solar Summit today!
@fce-cbs.bsky.social, Simon Opher MP, Gloucestershire Community Energy Co-op, Transition Stroud, Stroud Area Community Energy Network (SACEN), Cllr Chloe Turner and moreβπ
Did you miss our February Newsletter - lots of good news!
Read it here:
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/february-202...
#communityenergy #forestofdean
This week we are piloting a new initiative, "Get Grant Ready" with five local organisations who want to install rooftop solar.
It's our first meeting with everyone, plus expertise in planning, feasibility, leases, etc and, of course, #communityenergy.
Very exciting to get everyone in the room!
This week we are piloting a new initiative, "Get Grant Ready" with five local organisations who want to install rooftop solar.
It's our first meeting with everyone, plus expertise in planning, feasibility, leases, etc and, of course, #communityenergy.
Very exciting to get everyone in the room!
Still fun (if not so new)....
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Delighted with our new banners from 2020 Display Limited. The colours are perfect!
One is for "welcome", one for "mission", and one for "call-to-action". The three work separately or together, and the landscape runs across the bottom.
#communityenergy #comms
Credit to our designer Aline Jeffrey
Just published! Our February Newsletter:
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/february-202...
If you ride the lovely Daffodil Line bus - look out for our poster!
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Just published! Our February Newsletter:
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/february-202...
Richard Lane, a middle aged white man with a characteristic look of slightly panicky concentration about his eyes as he smiles for the selfie, and Kirsten Ayris, a younger women with long dark hair, glasses, an entirely more natural smile, and who just had a birthday this week (so wish her a happy birthday when you see her) standing huddled together wrapped in coats and scarfs in breezy conditions on a clear but cold day in front of York Fire Station.
This week directors Rich & Kirsten were doing some freezing cold filming at one of the sites we did feasibility for, funded by the Community Energy Fund. Is it going to get community solar? No - it got Mayoral Renewables Funding after we'd done the work. C'est la vie! And more rooftop solar = good.
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Delighted with our new banners from 2020 Display Limited. The colours are perfect!
One is for "welcome", one for "mission", and one for "call-to-action". The three work separately or together, and the landscape runs across the bottom.
#communityenergy #comms
Credit to our designer Aline Jeffrey
February is a great time to talk about⦠air conditioning. Otherwise known as air to air heat pumps, which can heat as well as cool your home, very efficiently.
We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
Still fun (if not so new)....
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Did you know you can borrow a Thermal Camera for FREE from #Newent Library?
www.fdean.gov.uk/thermalcamer...
What makes #CommunityEnergy succeed in practice?ππ€
@lukegooding.bsky.socialβs letter in @theguardian.com reflects on the UKβs up to GBP 1 billion pledge and the often unseen βquiet labourβ behind delivery, including why long-term support matters.
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Not just London..
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Our brilliant Task Group has been busy as 2026 kicks-off, and we have our inaugural Board Meeting this week! Another milestone for our new Community Benefit Society. #communityenergy #governanace
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Do you live in Dymock & Bromseberrow Parish? Here's an invitation for you...
fod-fel-2.eventbrite.co.uk
#communityenergy #freeworkshop
Presenting.. our new outdoor banner!
If you have any ideas, we are looking for good places to display it around the #forestofdean
#communityenergy
Itβs beyond insane that the BBC World Service might end in 7 weeks when its funding runs out. A beacon of information, education and UK soft power - Ministers would be crazy not to find money to support it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Happy Valentine's Day! π
Spreading the Community Energy Love, particularly after the recent announcements of new funding coming to help expand this brilliant sector!
#communityenergy #love
Happy Valentine's Day! π
Spreading the Community Energy Love, particularly after the recent announcements of new funding coming to help expand this brilliant sector!
#communityenergy #love