NEWS – COVID Update
All the 6 community buildings owned by our charity partners have had to close or restrict entry since March, due to the virus restrictions. Keeping people safe has been the priority. However, all of the CEB panels on their roofs have been working hard, in … Continue reading →
Annual General Meeting 2020
The AGM for members of CEB will be held on 24th June. Due to the virus restrictions, we cannot meet in person and will be doing the business online. Members will receive details about how to take part. Agenda to include elections, financial report, impact … Continue reading →
Generating at the Stadium
CEB’s eighth solar installation is now generating on Castle Vale Stadium. 109 panels have been working well from 6th March and are feeding power into the building. Output of up to 29.9 kilowatts peak is being generated. This followed a lease signing with Simon Wilson … Continue reading →
Go Ahead at Stadium
CEB has had applications for all the share capital needed to go ahead with our solar array at Castle Vale Stadium. The Third Share Offer has therefore closed early. Thank you everyone. Our installers EBRL are t going to be on site and putting up … Continue reading →
New Solar Project
Update: Fully subscribed and closed 26. Feb 2020 CEB wants to hear from people who may be interested in investing in our upcoming Share Offer in 2020. We have been able to register for the Feed in Tariff the Castle Vale Stadium in East Birmingham. It … Continue reading →
Return for investors
People invest in CEB to help local community organisations to benefit from clean solar power, but the directors are happy to pay a rate of return of 4% to the 60 CEB shareholders for 2019. We are not a bank. However the reliability of the … Continue reading →
More Solar than Ever
2019 is again a record breaking year for CEB, with our 163 new panels at Castle Vale generating from March to the end of June 19,216 Kilowatt hours of clean electricity. Mostly it went to satisfy the demand of this large community building, and not … Continue reading →
Solar Energy Tour and Picnic
People are invited to join the directors and members of CEB to walk around the Ackers Trust site and see the three buildings that benefit from CEB’s solar roofs. Event on Saturday 29th June. We shall meet at 12.00 at the Ski Centre and walk … Continue reading →
Big Switch On at Pioneer
We have had an official switch on of the 50 kilowatt solar array at Pioneer Group headquarters on 13th May. For CEB were Kathy Hopkin, John Newson, Simon Baggaley; for Pioneer Group were Sue Spicer and Lee Carter The array is generating very well in … Continue reading →
Happy One Hundredth!
100 tonnes of carbon has been displaced from the electricity supply by all the solar roofs owned by Community Energy Birmingham, since they were installed. We keep readings of how much power is generated and can then use the average carbon content of grid electricity … Continue reading →