We are providing the following response on behalf of Transition Bath to the government’s consultation on Feed-in Tariff payments for renewable energy. If you want to be involved and agree with our view that it is likely to kill off the renewables industry in the short-term, please either write to your MP or sign this […]
The small community of Chelwood, 10 miles to the west of Bath is raising capital to pay for a large 5 MW solar farm enough to provide electricity for 1,200 homes. To date it has raised £2.1 million in share capital enough combined with a loan for the project to go ahead but it is […]
The BWCE Community Fund for 2016 is now open for applications, the closing date is October 16th. This year £45,000 is available to mitigate against the effects of peak oil and resources, climate change and fuel poverty in Bath and surrounding areas. More information is available on the BWCE website.
The government has just announced a consultation which will reduce solar FIT tariffs by 87% from around 12p/kWh to 1.5p/kWh. This reduction has the potential to significantly reduce or completely kill off any future domestic and community solar PV installations in the UK, at a time when the government is providing significant support and subsidies […]
Transition Bath have responded to the government proposals from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to remove pre-accreditation for FITs for medium sized solar PV installations. At the moment if a community group e.g. Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE) identifies a site and gets planning permission for a solar farm, it is […]
In July we objected to the planning application for the Old Bath Press site for 244 new homes by the Lower Bristol Road, our detailed response is available here. From a sustainability perspective we were unhappy with the application: Provision of 12% affordable homes The assessment that Combined Heating and Power (CHP) is not feasible […]
In June Transition Bath responded to the planning application at Roseberry Place, our formal response is here. The proposal is for 200 flats to be built on the corner of the Lower Bristol Road and Windsor Bridge Road. Our view of this development was mixed there were some positive elements: Shared bike and pedestrian routes […]
BWCE and Transition Community Corsham are involved in a project to see how domestic and small scale micro-renewable electricity generation can be integrated with battery storage and automated control of appliances to lower carbon footprints by time-shifting demand. Background: the reason for time shifting demand Electricity demand varies throughout the day: with peak demand on […]
Bath and North East Somerset Council in conjunction with Resource Futures have been working with 13 schools in the last year to encourage and support schools to run a behavioural change campaign to reduce energy usage. The culmination of this program was an energy saving competition between the schools. The competition ran over a 2 week […]
Are you a small business owner or can you think of one? Could they be made more efficient by installing free LED lighting, a new boiler or insulation? This is a rare opportunity to make your business or a business you know of more energy efficient for free. As part of a settlement with OFGEM […]