In exciting news, solar panels owned by Community Energy Birmingham have enabled us to produce three times as much clean energy this summer 2015 as we did last year. From 40 panels we have moved to 110 panels generating, and some of the most recent … Continue reading →
On Thursday 2nd July Community Energy Birmingham (CEB)’s Share Offer launched with a bang! It was standing room only as over 30 people crammed into the Moseley Exchange to hear how they could invest in clean, renewable energy for some of Birmingham’s community organisations. CEB … Continue reading →
Our exciting Share Offer launch event is 7:30pm at Moseley Exchange on Thursday 2nd July for potential investors to meet the directors, hear about our plans and how you can invest, with a chance to have your questions answered. Please contact us if you wish … Continue reading →
Moseley Exchange which occupies a former post office building in South Birmingham is now benefitting by solar electricity installed at the end of May when CEB installed 30 solar panels on the roof. The building is owned by Moseley Community Development Trust and it is … Continue reading →
Since Community Energy Birmingham installed solar PV in 2012, Ackers Adventure has halved its use of grid electricity at its ABC administration block,. The reduction is similar to the output from the solar array, meaning that virtually 100% of the electricity generated from the solar panels … Continue reading →
Ackers Adventure has had a second 10 kilowatt solar PV array installed, this time on their residential centre. This is a particularly exciting installation as it is so suited to the building’s use. Parties stay there for the adventurous activities, and they use a … Continue reading →
Community Energy Birmingham has recently raised £35,000 from short-term loans to install 18kW of solar PV panels at the Moseley Exchange in the centre of Moseley Village. We are currently finalising the lease that will allow us to rent the roof space at the Exchange … Continue reading →
CEB is ready to install 70 solar PV panels on the roof of the Moseley Exchange, which is well-known to many people as the home of Moseley Community Development Trust. The CDT provides valuable support for many local community activities and groups, as well as leading … Continue reading →
by John Newson The placement was from Balsall Heath Is Our Planet, where I normally work as development officer to Community Energy Birmingham – a renewable energy co-op, also in Birmingham. The funding of my time was from the EU Climate KIC (knowledge innovation community). Community Energy … Continue reading →
Like many other UK co-operators, the directors of CoRE50 were troubled to hear that the government were considering reducing the existing protection of the name ‘co-operative’, and felt strongly that we ought to respond:
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