Communities throughout the south-west are leading the community energy revolution! People are coming together to raise funding from local investors to install renewable energy in their town or village. It could be a solar array on the roof of a local business or a hydro turbine in a brook to generate electricity, or a biomass boiler providing heat to a community building. The energy generation provides revenue to the community thanks to Government subsidies and the sale of the energy to the building occupant. In return, the investors are paid a modest amount of interest and the excess revenue is used to provide a community fund that can be used to implement other projects in the community to address local priorities or develop further energy schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information about establishing an Energy Society, visit Community Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Devon organisations that can provide your community with independent advice, visit RegenSW<\/a> and DARE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\nDevon case studies<\/h2><\/header> \r\n