Brighton Energy Coop: An Innovation History
September 2012, Sabine Hielscher. The Brighton Energy Co-op is a community renewable energy project based in Brighton & Hove. The Co-op currently consists of a chairman, Will Cottrell, two directors, […]
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CISE work with the Brighton Energy Coop: Persistence, determination and adaptability
BEC launches their community energy share issue Sabine Hielscher writes: On Wednesday the 16th of May 2012, the Brighton Energy Coop launched their share invitation to the public at the […]
CISE work with the Brighton Energy Coop: The labyrinth of legal entities and organisational structures
Sabine Hielscher writes: The move of becoming a legally recognised entity (creating a formal structure recognised in law) is a critical step for numerous community renewable energy initiatives when trying […]
CISE work with the Brighton Energy Co-op: When ‘things became more difficult’
Sabine Hielscher writes: The last blog entry about BEC discussed their start up phase. It was relatively easy to represent this phase in a linear timeline, as one event was […]
Timeline – Brighton Energy Co-op
Starting up BEC: “It struck me… if we want to get this done – we have got to do it”
Sabine Hielscher writes: Over the next few months the CISE team will join BEC’s team meetings and talk with them about their journey to learn more about the cooperative. We […]
Brighton Energy Co-op: “Community, Green and Power”
The CISE team is working with the Brighton Energy Co-op (BEC). Over the next few months we will join their team meetings and talk with them about their journey to […]
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