Local Power Locator

Community energy, where local communities own and profit from renewable energy projects in their local area, is already helping to power nearly 200,000 homes across the country with clean, green energy.

Is your community already benefitting from community energy? Use our Local Power Locator now to find out if there are any community energy schemes in your local area – and if not, ask your MP to call on the new Energy Secretary to do more to support community energy.

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Community energy has the potential to transform who owns and benefits from energy production in the UK, but the sector needs more support from the Government. Will you ask your MP to raise this issue with the new Energy Secretary?

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Dear MP Name MP,
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For too long, our energy has been produced and owned abroad – enriching oligarchs and multinational oil and gas companies, at the expense of UK consumers. Community energy, where local people own and control renewable projects like wind turbines and solar farms, instead sees those profits kept locally: boosting the local economy, providing good local jobs and reducing energy bills. The Government recently announced it would invest just £10m in a new national Community Energy Fund: while this is a step in the right direction, it does not do nearly enough to reverse the damage caused by how the sector, in the words of the Government's former Energy Minister and Net Zero Tsar, has been "neglected by Government". A further announcement about "publishing an annual report to Parliament" on community energy and "to consult on the barriers the sector faces when developing projects" isn't enough either – a report and a consultation is simply more dither and delay, when what the energy crisis and climate crisis both demand is urgent action. In contrast, the Labour Party recently announced as part of its Local Power Plan that it would invest over £1bn a year in local renewable energy generation, with at least £400m of that reserved for community energy. That would create over one million new owners of energy right here in the UK, improving our energy security and giving every community a direct stake in the transition to Net Zero. The Government should at least be matching Labour's ambitions for the sector, as well as tackling issues like regulation and planning which hold local renewable energy projects back. Given there is now a new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in post, I would like to ask as my MP if you would raise these concerns with the Secretary of State and advocate for increased funding and support for community energy both in our constituency and across the country?
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For too long, our energy has been produced and owned abroad – enriching oligarchs and multinational oil and gas companies, at the expense of UK consumers. Community energy, where local people own and control renewable projects like wind turbines and solar farms, instead sees those profits kept locally: boosting the local economy, providing good local jobs and reducing energy bills. As a Labour MP, I'm sure you know that the Labour Party recently announced as part of its Local Power Plan that it would invest over £1bn a year in local renewable energy generation, with at least £400m of that reserved for community energy. That would create over one million new owners of energy right here in the UK, improving our energy security and giving every community a direct stake in the transition to Net Zero. The Government followed up Labour's plan by announcing that it would invest just £10m in a new national Community Energy Fund: while this is a step in the right direction, it does not do nearly enough to reverse the damage caused by how the sector, in the words of the Government's former Energy Minister and Net Zero Tsar, has been "neglected by Government". A further announcement about "publishing an annual report to Parliament" on community energy and "to consult on the barriers the sector faces when developing projects" isn't enough either – a report and a consultation is simply more dither and delay, when what the energy crisis and climate crisis both demand is urgent action. The Government should be matching Labour's ambitions for the sector, as well as tackling issues like regulation and planning which hold local renewable energy projects back. Given there is now a new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in post, I would like to ask as my MP if you would raise these concerns with the Secretary of State and advocate for increased funding and support for community energy both in our constituency and across the country?
Yours sincerely,
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Note: Some Community Energy groups run multiple types of schemes, from wind turbines to solar farms. Each scheme is listed individually and tagged with its scheme type, based on information sourced from Community Energy England, July 2023. Are we missing a scheme in your area? Email mail@party.coop and let us know, and we’ll update our database.Data sourced with thanks from Community Energy England, July 2023. Promoted by Joe Fortune on behalf of the Co-operative Party, both at Unit 13, 83 Crampton Street, London, SE17 3BQ, United Kingdom. Co-operative Party Limited is a registered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. Registered no. 30027R