About our first project
Our Vision
29 Mar 2012
Gloucestershire Community Energy Coop aims to develop local renewable energy generation that reduces dependence on fossil fuels, thus cutting carbon emissions. We want to support local communities to save energy and reduce their fuel bills. read on
City Works, Gloucester
10 Dec 2011
City Works is a community centre in the Barton area of Gloucester. It houses social enterprises and local community projects who rent affordable office accommodation as well as a Scrapstore, art supplies shop, conference and events facilities, an art room and a dance studio. Gloucestershire Resource Centre, a registered charity, own and operate the building. read on →
Latest News
Share Offer fully subscribed
25 Apr 2012
We have now raised £105,000 in shares in the Co-op so our share offer is now fully subscribed. This means that we can pay back all of the loans that were made to us to install the solar PV panels on the City Works roof. We have got 49 members who each subscribed to an read on →
Amount invested so far
19 Apr 2012
So far we have received applications for £79,000 of shares in Gloucestershire Community Energy Coop. The offer remains open until 21st April 2012, but can be extended if all the £105,000 of shares are not allocated by then. Shares will be allocated in the order that applications are received, and if you are interested in read on →
Public display at City Works
17 Apr 2012
A public display has finally been fitted in the lobby of City Works. It shows that over 10,000 kWh have already been generated since December when the panels were fitted. City Works have just received their quarterly electricity bill which showed a reduction for the corresponding quarter in 2011 from 12,630 to 7,720 kWh, suggesting read on →
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
29 Mar 2012
The Coalition Government have announced a new tax relief on investments in small companies that are less than two years old. The new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) has been published in draft form and can be viewed here. It is expected to receive royal assent in July and will apply to all investments made read on →
We did it ;-)
12 Dec 2011
The 44.6 kWp solar pv system is installed, the FIT application has been delivered (by hand) to Good Energy so now we can all sit back and watch the numbers clock up. There will be web access to the meter, but the ‘Sunny Web box’ has taken a while to arrive from the wholesaler, so read on →
National News
Planning permission no longer required for non-domestic installations
29 Mar 2012
From April 6 this year planning permission will no-longer be required to install solar PV or solar thermal on non-domestic buildings. The new rules will also mean that small ground-mounted systems up to 9m2 will be able to go ahead without a planning application. The new regulations, which are coming into affect by an amendment read on →
Feed in Tariff reduced on the 3rd March 2012
20 Mar 2012
Following a series of legal challenges that deemed the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) initial proposed FiT changes as illegal, DECC set a reference date of March 3 to take the tariff down to 21p/kWh for systems under 4 kWp, and 15.2p for installations between 10 and 50 kWp. Speaking in October last read on →