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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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The Great Grid Upgrade: From Pylons to People Power

Harker the Herald: Cumbria’s Front Line in the Great Grid Upgrade and How this Can Help Project Collette The Great Grid Upgrade, launched in 2023, while controversial, represents the most ambitious overhaul of Britain's electricity network since the 1950s, when Churchill's government built the first 400 kV "Supergrid" to connect coal and nuclear plants across the countryside. Image source: Utility…
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