Solar panels do not usually require cleaning, but we noticed that those we have on the Moseley Exchange, beside a busy crossroads, were showing a decline in output and were visibly were getting grubby. Our contractor, Colin Strong, climbed up on the roof on 11th … Continue reading →
The blue skies of March to June 2018 have broken CEB’s record for generating clean solar electricity, producing a total of 20,000 kilowatt hours. This has fed power into the buildings owned by Ackers Adventure and Moseley Exchange reducing their running costs even more, with … Continue reading →
Community Energy Birmingham’s Annual General Meeting for 2018 will take place at Whitesmith Croft Common Room, 25 Silver Street, Kings Heath, B14 7QR on Wednesday 9th May starting at 7pm. The agenda will cover the business of formally reporting on our activities in 2017 and … Continue reading →
Community Energy Birmingham is a renewable energy cooperative that funds, installs and operates renewable energy in community buildings in Birmingham. We are a community benefit society with an open membership and we are run in accordance with cooperative values and principles. We are run by … Continue reading →
With a full year of generation at Ackers Ski Centre, we can see how it is swelling our clean energy output. The chart shows the cumulative contributions of the 6 solar buildings who host our panels. They follow the predictions in our Business Plan. During … Continue reading →
Season’s greetings and congratulations to our partner, Moseley Community Development Trust, for arranging for a new electric connection to be installed on Moseley Village Green. This is now powering the monthly Farmers’ Market. It has made redundant several petrol generators, which were noisy and polluting. … Continue reading →
At the roasting start of July two CEB directors, John Newson and Claire Spencer, led a walk to visit some community buildings that have solar panels. The walk took place during Community Energy Fortnight and the Moseley Festival. We were greeted at the Old Post Office … Continue reading →
Is Moseley becoming a solar village? On Saturday 8th July, CEB Director John Newson will be leading a guided walk visiting solar installations on community buildings around Moseley, on behalf of Community Energy Birmingham and Balsall Heath is Our Planet. These include the arrays installed … Continue reading →
On 14 June 2017, the directors met with members for CEB’s Annual General Meeting. This included the standard formal activities required by law, including presenting the annual report and accounts for 2016 for the members’ approval and elections of directors. We re-elected Beck Collins and … Continue reading →
Community Energy Birmingham’s Annual General Meeting for 2017 will take place at Whitesmith Croft Common Room, 25 Silver Street, Kings Heath, B14 7QR on Wednesday 14th June 2017 at 7pm. The agenda will cover the usual business of formally reporting on our activities in 2016 … Continue reading →