Postcards from Community Energy
Community energy is growing and making a difference. All around the country, more and more people are getting involved in projects that develop sustainable energy in their communities. Through awareness-raising […]
Tag Archives: UK
Community energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government
Community-led sustainable energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government, according to a new paper from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of Sussex. Published today, the […]
Journal article: A grassroots sustainable energy niche?
System-changing innovations for sustainability transitions are pro- posed to emerge in radical innovative niches. ‘Strategic Niche Management’ theory predicts that niche-level actors and networks will aggregate learning from local projects, […]
Environmental Governance and Community Energy
Community energy’s prospects for future growth and development was the subject of an invited lecture by Gill Seyfang (3S, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA), at Wageningen University’s Environmental Policy Group […]
GI briefing 21: Constructing grassroots innovations for sustainability
Constructing grassroots innovations for sustainability: New research in the field Adrian Smith and Gill Seyfang introduce a new collection of academic papers on grassroots innovations, and discuss the origins and […]
GI briefing 20: Intermediaries and Community Energy Policy
Intermediaries and Community Energy Policy – Responding to changing policy contexts Jenn Monahan reports on how recent policy changes have affected community energy and how intermediaries have sought to influence […]
GI briefing 19: Policy Reform and Community Energy
Policy Reform and Community Energy: Key messages for the Community Energy Strategy Jim Watson draws lessons from the Community Innovation for Sustainable Energy research project to inform the development of […]
Journal article: Community energy in the UK
Community energy has been proposed as a new policy tool to help achieve the transition to a low-carbon energy system, but the evidence base for this strategy is partial and […]
Prize-winning Sustainable Energy Research
Researchers on the CISE project have been awarded a prize for their work on grassroots innovations and sustainability. Their work won the ‘best paper’ prize at the 4th International Conference […]
Working Paper: A Grassroots Sustainable Energy Niche?
A new working paper presents new evidence from our 12 in-depth case studies of community energy projects in the UK and explores how useful ‘niche management’ theory is in helping […]
Grassroots innovations study produces prize-winning paper
Academics from the University of East Anglia’s research group 3S (Science, Society and Sustainability) have won a prize for their paper on the role of the Transition Towns network in […]
South Wheatley Environmental Trust Wind Turbine Project: An Innovation History
October 2012, Sabine Hielscher The South Wheatley wind turbine is a hamlet-based community-owned renewable project located in North Cornwall (set in a labyrinth of narrow lanes near Launceston). The project […]
Working Paper: Community Energy in the UK
A new working paper presents results of our survey of community energy projects in the UK. Our survey investigates the objectives, origins and development of these groups across the UK, their activities and their networking activities as a sector. We also examine the strengths and weaknesses of these groups, along with the opportunities and threats presented by wider socioeconomic and political contexts, in order to improve understanding of the sector’s potential and the challenges it faces.
GI Briefing 5: A Thousand Flowers Blooming?
A Thousand Flowers Blooming? Community energy research launch Over 70 activists, academics, policymakers and social entrepreneurs gathered at our project launch to ask key questions about the challenges and opportunities […]
PhD: Developing Community Energy Projects: experiences from Finland and the UK (Mari Martiskainen)
This PhD research compares innovative community energy projects in Finland and the UK, identifies key support mechanisms or barriers for community energy development, and analyses how the projects fit the countries’ national energy policies
2005 Grassroots Innovations Conference
Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development Conference, UCL London, 10th June, 2005 The UK government’s new Sustainable Development Strategy, Securing the Future, places greener innovation and local action at its foundation. Yet these […]
Working Paper: Community Innovation for Sustainable Energy
Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith (2011) Community Innovation for Sustainable Energy CSERGE Working Paper 2011-03, (CSERGE, Norwich) As in other countries, there is a growing public, policy and business interest in […]
Savings through renewables – community energy pioneers in Finland
Problems caused by climate change and rising energy prices have meant that households and communities are seeking new ways in which to tackle their increasing energy consumption and related costs. […]
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 […]
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