Local community energy event – Lewes
On the 24th of November Sabine Hielscher attended a local community energy event that was organised by Lewes District Council (LDC). The aim of the event was to draw attention […]
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Big societies? Market societies? The Green Deal and community-based approaches to energy effiency
On Thursday 11th November Adrian Smith was invited by YouGov to attend an event they were holding in Westminster on the topic, Sustainable Communities – Building the Big Society. It […]
DECC – a view from the inside
What is it like to work for the Government and how is energy and climate policy really shaped in the UK today? These were some of the questions answered by […]
Energy Minister Charles Hendry discusses the roles of local communities during his visit to SPRU
Energy Minister Charles Hendry, MP visited SPRU today to discuss UK energy policy with us. Part of the Minister’s visit included a presentation and Question & Answer session about government […]
Working paper: Energy and communities in transition
A new working paper on civil society and sustainability transitions has been published – you can download this working paper in PDF format (175.12K). Energy and communities in transition – […]
Energy efficiency and behaviour change workshop
Last week Tom Hargreaves attended a policy workshop on behaviour and energy efficiency hosted by the Centre for Science and Policy (University of Cambridge – http://csap.org.uk/) and the Department for […]
More grassroots innovations in latin America
There’s an interview with Adrian Smith, a researcher on the Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy GI project, about “social technologies and niches for sustainable transformation” in the September edition of […]
Meeting the UK’s renewables target
The Sussex Energy Group have just published a new report commissioned by Friends of the Earth on the UK’s renewable energy target – and whether the current policy framework is […]
A new microgeneration consultation: better this time around?
Jim Watson writes: the Coalition government is continuing to send out signals that it regards decentralised and community energy as a priority – with a consultation announced yesterday on a […]
Grassroots innovations in South America
An Argentine researcher investigating grassroots innovations for sustainability visited SPRU on Thursday 17th June 2010. Mariona Fressoli from the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes in Buenos Aires has an IDRC-funded project […]
A coalition future for community energy?
Well, we now know who the energy and climate change secretary is in the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. LibDem Chris Huhne will inherit from the former government a portfolio […]
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