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ciarashannon
In Community Energy, Community Finance, Cooperatives, Renewable Energy, Shared Ownership, Uncategorised

Owning the Power: what the Preston Model can teach GB Energy

By Ciara Shannon The ideas behind community wealth building go back a very long time, at least to the Rochdale Pioneers in 1844, though the term itself was coined in Cleveland, Ohio, around 20 years ago. The Preston Model showed that councils can keep wealth local by changing how they spend. Energy is the obvious next frontier. Through its Local…
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ciarashannon
In Community Finance, Green Investments, Net Zero, Offshore wind, Renewable Energy, Uncategorised

Project Collette: A Blueprint for Larger Scale Community-Led Investment

Unlocking Community-Led Finance for Gigawatt-Scale Renewables The UK faces a fundamental challenge in financing its transition to clean energy: how can communities genuinely own part of the clean-energy transition, not just symbolically but in ways that give them real influence and long-term economic benefit? The need for new models of ownership and participation has become increasingly urgent. Add to this…
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designworks
In Community Energy, Community Finance, Net Zero, Offshore wind, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Finance

Cumbria’s Offshore Wind Potential

Reaching net zero by 2050 is “narrow but still achievable” because of the staggering growth in clean energy technologies, so says the IEA. IEA’s recent updated Net Zero Pathway calls for a tripling of global renewable power capacity (in particular, solar and offshore wind), a doubling of energy efficiency improvements, a steep rise in EV cars and heat pumps and large reductions of methane in…
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