Bath and West Community Energy’s new 4 MW solar farm in Devon has gone live. BWCE stepped in to help Plymouth Energy Community raise the finance when the opportunity arose to purchase the farm from the developer. Due to construction timescales, communities local to the solar array site were not in a position to purchase the solar array […]
If you would like to signup to receive our newsletter by email click here. February Newsletter Happy New Year! This is a bumper newsletter, with lots of news to report. Our food group has helped start 2 new guerrilla gardens in Bath, BWCE has raised £5M for a new solar farm, and has announced the […]
For Bath Hacked weekend in February Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) released almost 2 years of ½ hourly meter readings for most of their buildings. Transition Bath’s Energy Group were involved in the weekend and was part of team School Power! which was ultimately awarded a prize for using the energy data to […]
The West of England’s four local authorities (BANES, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucester) have been developing a joint transport strategy to match and meet the plans for the projected growth in housing and employment between now and 2036. Fig 1.0 The spatial plan sets out the strategy for building 85,000 new homes within […]
Our view of the future of personal transport is very optimistic and we feel it will largely happen without government intervention and as the result of market forces. I believe the advent of autonomous driverless ride sharing vehicles will have a profound impact on our lives within 20 years – and will be as disruptive […]
B&NES council are proposing a number of changes to cycling priorities on the London Road which we think are detrimental to cycling in Bath; they appear to be a step backwards in understanding the needs of cyclists. The proposal includes removing the dedicated cycleway, making it a shared space with pedestrians and allowing parking across […]
The theme for this year’s Bath Hacked is environmental sustainability. Bath: Hacked is a local voluntary Community Interest Company whose aim is too use or create open data to spark innovative ideas and better local decision making. Past projects include a website to display food outlets’ hygiene standards, a iphone app to display data on Bath, […]
Grants of up to £6,000 are available to make energy saving improvements to your home through Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Energy at Home scheme. This grant is available to all home owners, private landlords and privately renting tenants. You do not need to be on a low income or an elderly person to […]
BWCE has been successful in raising £5.1 million to buy a solar PV farm at Portworthy North of Plymouth. £900K was raised following a more than successful share issue in the Autumn combined with a further £1.7 million raised by a bond issue in January and £2.4 million of debt finance has allowed BWCE to […]
With three new primary schools to be built in Bath in the next few years at Ensleigh, Mulberry Park and Cross Street, Keynsham, and with their knowledge from participation in the Verco Schools Energy Survey of 72 B&NES schools in 2013 where new schools performed badly Transition Bath’s Energy Group would like to make some […]