Ashton Hayes Community Energy (AHCE) is a Community Interest Company owned and run by the people of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire. Established in 2011 as part of the award-winning Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral (GCN) project, AHCE develops and manages community-owned renewable energy in the village and promotes energy efficiency. Over the past decade, the
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GMCR is a community benefit society set up to develop and operate community-owned renewable energy projects across Greater Manchester. The group raised £186,000 via a community share offer in summer 2016, which funded the installation of solar panels on three schools in Salford and a community centre in Partington. In the first year of operation,
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The Naturesave Trust helps charity to install a new sluice gate to regulate the flow of water on hydro project.
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The Naturesave Trust contributed towards the Energy Sparks project, teaching primary pupils in Bath and North-East Somerset about energy and empowering them to take action to make their schools and homes more energy efficient.
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Naturesave has helps fund the replacement of an oil-burning boiler with an electric model, greatly reducing the carbon footprint and runnings costs of Ringsfield Eco Activity Centre.
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The Naturesave Trust fund a Social Media Toobox for Community Energy South. This is intended to act as a tool for Community Energy Groups to establish their social media strategies
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Bright Green Hydrogen is a not-for-profit organisation set up to promote the use of renewable energy and energy storage technologies. Their Education programme has been running since 2009 and includes STEAM workshops which have reached over 30,000 pupils and members of the public. Their renewable energy and energy storage system boasts solar PV, a wind turbine,
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The funding from the Trust was used along with the Postcode Local Trust to create the South West’s first Solar Powered Auditorium by installing 54 solar panels on the roof, creating a 17.82kWh system at The Exeter Phoenix
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The Naturesave Trust fund a project to trial the first pair of thermosolar beehives in the UK at a community solar farm in Oxfordshire
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The Naturesave Trust helped fund the purchase and installation of a 4kW solar PV array at Findhorn Eco Village. The array was placed on a newly developed Social Enterprise Hub, called Findhornhive. The installation includes a lithium-ion battery which will store excess green energy and make it available for later use, reducing energy bills and improving the environmental performance of the building.
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