Congratulations to York Supplies in Kings Heath for stepping into the low carbon future. They have kept open through the pandemic, providing local people with DIY / gardening items and advice. Jon Jaffa explains that the business has invested in a new Ford Transit hybrid … Continue reading →
CEB added another solar array in 2020, helping to further the decarbonise the electricity supply in Birmingham. We put 30 kilowatts of panels onto the Castle Vale Stadium, which mostly exported to the local grid, since the pandemic meant the building had to be closed. … Continue reading →
The Pioneer Group in Castle Vale, one of CEB’s partners, is looking to ‘build back better’ and has obtained a loan from a major pension fund to build 250 affordable homes. These will be to a high energy standard and should all be completed by … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
