UK's £1bn Local Power Plan: How councils and community energy groups can build stronger partnerships
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Natasha Collins-Daniel
27d ago· 6 min readenInsight
Summary
The article discusses the UK's £1bn Local Power Plan from Great British Energy, the largest public investment in community energy ever. It focuses on how local authorities and community energy groups can build stronger partnerships to develop renewable energy projects. Drawing from the Centre for Sustainable Energy's (CSE) work across England, it provides practical lessons on overcoming barriers like grid connection challenges, planning issues, and funding complexities to make community energy schemes successful.
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bskyUK's £1bn Local Power Plan: How councils and community energy groups can build stronger partnershipscse.org.ukKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe biggest public investment in community energy ever is beginning to take shape.
Funding alone doesn't build projects.
Renewable energy schemes increasingly succeed or stall on whether local authorities and community groups can work together effectively.
Practical lessons on how local authorities and community energy groups can build stronger partnerships, drawn from CSE's work across England.
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