Coming out of the work of Carbon Co-op, People Powered Retrofit has launched a new community share offer to raise £550,000 to help people make their homes more energy efficient and greener across Greater Manchester and to help other community energy groups around the UK do likewise. Around 20% of the UK’s carbon footprint comes … Read More

Director Graham Booth with the Lord Mayor of Chester, Cllr Martyn Delaney at the Great Big Green Week Festival

Chester Community Energy will be taking part in the Great Big Green Week Festival, Saturday 25th September, Grosvenor Park, Chester.

We are very pleased to announce we have now avoided 100 tCO2e from our three community-owned solar PV systems in Chester. A great milestone.

The latest LED installation to be completed on CCEL’s Power to Change innovation programme is a complete retrofit of LED luminaires at the Neuro Therapy Centre in Saltney. The centre is a charity that offers support for people with long-term neurological conditions and their carers. They are based in a commercial unit on the Brymau … Read More

The lifetime energy generation of our three solar schemes is 302 MWh, which is 77 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved.

Chester Community Energy Ltd (CCEL) has recently awarded grants to local community groups from revenues received from its solar PV generating installations at Northgate Arena, Christleton Sports Centre and Neston Recreational Centre.  A total of £5,000 was offered to local charities/community groups for energy reduction measures to their buildings. Nine applications were received this year … Read More