Towards Energy Independence: green energy and community energy companies

Earlier this year the UK government announced an ambitious target for the country to be on 100% renewable energy by 2030. Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity said on X that this was a clear boost the achieving energy independence and to reduce energy bills.

But how do we get there? We appreciate the funding the UK government is able to provide and the initiative, but we can’t just sit around waiting for the wheels of the state to do all the work for us. We think through grass-roots community action collaborating with government and energy-sector initiatives. Locally Community Energy Companies are springing up over the country looking to provide part of the answer to the Energy Independence question.

On this page we provide links to various initiatives and resources to help you and your community to make good choices and work towards achieving Energy Independence.

Advice on energy efficiency

Advice on choosing suppliers 

Advice relating to Community Energy Companies

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