Community-owned renewables do more than cut emissions. They bring people together, strengthen local resilience & give communities a real stake in the energy transition.
The LocalPowerPlan lets Community Energy groups submit project portfolios at any stage: www.gbe.gov.uk/expre...
The LocalPowerPlan lets Community Energy groups submit project portfolios at any stage: www.gbe.gov.uk/expre...
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March 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Community-owned renewables do more than cut emissions. They bring people together, strengthen local resilience & give communities a real stake in the energy transition.
The LocalPowerPlan lets Community Energy groups submit project portfolios at any stage: www.gbe.gov.uk/expre...
The LocalPowerPlan lets Community Energy groups submit project portfolios at any stage: www.gbe.gov.uk/expre...
We welcome the launch of #LocalPowerPlan & the Great British Energy Local investment strategy. We hope that local area project devs we've supported over the years will engage with the new framework. You can submit project portfolio proposals via this form: www.gbe.gov.uk/express-your...
Express your interest | Great British Energy
www.gbe.gov.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
We welcome the launch of #LocalPowerPlan & the Great British Energy Local investment strategy. We hope that local area project devs we've supported over the years will engage with the new framework. You can submit project portfolio proposals via this form: www.gbe.gov.uk/express-your...
Is it "Local-Power Plan" or "Local Power-Plan"?
It's a question I have not seen asked (or answered), but with the announcement yesterday, I'm going with "Local-Power Plan" now on!
It is time for everyone to have the opportunity for a slice of the energy cake.
#communityenergy #localpowerplan
It's a question I have not seen asked (or answered), but with the announcement yesterday, I'm going with "Local-Power Plan" now on!
It is time for everyone to have the opportunity for a slice of the energy cake.
#communityenergy #localpowerplan
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Is it "Local-Power Plan" or "Local Power-Plan"?
It's a question I have not seen asked (or answered), but with the announcement yesterday, I'm going with "Local-Power Plan" now on!
It is time for everyone to have the opportunity for a slice of the energy cake.
#communityenergy #localpowerplan
It's a question I have not seen asked (or answered), but with the announcement yesterday, I'm going with "Local-Power Plan" now on!
It is time for everyone to have the opportunity for a slice of the energy cake.
#communityenergy #localpowerplan
Amidst rising energy bills, @pperc.bsky.social has published a response to the government's Local Power Plan.
They argue that it must go further in addressing energy poverty and upskilling communities.
📝 Read the recommendations: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...
#LocalPowerPlan #Research
They argue that it must go further in addressing energy poverty and upskilling communities.
📝 Read the recommendations: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...
#LocalPowerPlan #Research
Manchester Researchers Respond to Local Power Plan
The Local Power Plan must go further in addressing energy poverty, argues The University of Manchester’s People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC).
www.manchester.ac.uk
July 28, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Amidst rising energy bills, @pperc.bsky.social has published a response to the government's Local Power Plan.
They argue that it must go further in addressing energy poverty and upskilling communities.
📝 Read the recommendations: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...
#LocalPowerPlan #Research
They argue that it must go further in addressing energy poverty and upskilling communities.
📝 Read the recommendations: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l...
#LocalPowerPlan #Research
Given I work for a charity that has had a very modest capacity to generate some green energy for the past couple of decades, it’s probably no surprise that I find the #LocalPowerPlan to contain encouraging ambitions (including of socioeconomic nature too.) Worth a read. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Local Power Plan
The Local Power Plan ensures that communities directly benefit from the energy they help to produce.
www.gov.uk
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Given I work for a charity that has had a very modest capacity to generate some green energy for the past couple of decades, it’s probably no surprise that I find the #LocalPowerPlan to contain encouraging ambitions (including of socioeconomic nature too.) Worth a read. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Biggest public investment in community energy ‘will cut bills and create revenue for community centres, social clubs & places of worship’
#LocalPowerPlan #Renewables #CommunityEnergy #EnergyPolicy #NetZero #EnergyBills
www.mygreenpod.com/articles/the...
#LocalPowerPlan #Renewables #CommunityEnergy #EnergyPolicy #NetZero #EnergyBills
www.mygreenpod.com/articles/the...
The Local Power Plan
Biggest public investment in community energy ‘will cut bills and create revenue for community centres, social clubs & places of worship’.
www.mygreenpod.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Biggest public investment in community energy ‘will cut bills and create revenue for community centres, social clubs & places of worship’
#LocalPowerPlan #Renewables #CommunityEnergy #EnergyPolicy #NetZero #EnergyBills
www.mygreenpod.com/articles/the...
#LocalPowerPlan #Renewables #CommunityEnergy #EnergyPolicy #NetZero #EnergyBills
www.mygreenpod.com/articles/the...
It's exciting to see such emphasis being put on renewables through #GBEnergy 💡
It's also exciting to see local generation having a spotlight through the #LocalPowerPlan.
Labour has made a promising start and we're excited to see what other changes they made 🤝
It's also exciting to see local generation having a spotlight through the #LocalPowerPlan.
Labour has made a promising start and we're excited to see what other changes they made 🤝
August 19, 2024 at 12:40 PM
It's exciting to see such emphasis being put on renewables through #GBEnergy 💡
It's also exciting to see local generation having a spotlight through the #LocalPowerPlan.
Labour has made a promising start and we're excited to see what other changes they made 🤝
It's also exciting to see local generation having a spotlight through the #LocalPowerPlan.
Labour has made a promising start and we're excited to see what other changes they made 🤝
What sets community energy apart?
💰Savings on bills
🌍Reliable green energy for your home
👷Local jobs
👨👩👧Empowers people to play their part
That's why #Labour is putting such an emphasis on their #LocalPowerPlan and why they'll be adding £1bn worth of funding to the sector 🚀
💰Savings on bills
🌍Reliable green energy for your home
👷Local jobs
👨👩👧Empowers people to play their part
That's why #Labour is putting such an emphasis on their #LocalPowerPlan and why they'll be adding £1bn worth of funding to the sector 🚀
August 1, 2024 at 10:07 AM
What sets community energy apart?
💰Savings on bills
🌍Reliable green energy for your home
👷Local jobs
👨👩👧Empowers people to play their part
That's why #Labour is putting such an emphasis on their #LocalPowerPlan and why they'll be adding £1bn worth of funding to the sector 🚀
💰Savings on bills
🌍Reliable green energy for your home
👷Local jobs
👨👩👧Empowers people to play their part
That's why #Labour is putting such an emphasis on their #LocalPowerPlan and why they'll be adding £1bn worth of funding to the sector 🚀
Why has Labour placed such a focus on their #LocalPowerPlan?
It's because everyone is seeing the difference community energy can make, with groups popping up all over the country!
Want to learn more about how community energy works? Read more now👇
younity.coop
It's because everyone is seeing the difference community energy can make, with groups popping up all over the country!
Want to learn more about how community energy works? Read more now👇
younity.coop
July 22, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Why has Labour placed such a focus on their #LocalPowerPlan?
It's because everyone is seeing the difference community energy can make, with groups popping up all over the country!
Want to learn more about how community energy works? Read more now👇
younity.coop
It's because everyone is seeing the difference community energy can make, with groups popping up all over the country!
Want to learn more about how community energy works? Read more now👇
younity.coop
Big day for community energy 🎉
Government has published its Local Power Plan, promising £1 billion of investment into local and community energy 💡
#communityenergy #localpowerplan #cleanenergy
Government has published its Local Power Plan, promising £1 billion of investment into local and community energy 💡
#communityenergy #localpowerplan #cleanenergy
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Big day for community energy 🎉
Government has published its Local Power Plan, promising £1 billion of investment into local and community energy 💡
#communityenergy #localpowerplan #cleanenergy
Government has published its Local Power Plan, promising £1 billion of investment into local and community energy 💡
#communityenergy #localpowerplan #cleanenergy
👏 Thank you, Grimsby Community Energy, for showing how co‑operation can put the power back into communities. #Coops #UpTheEnergy #LocalPowerPlan #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction
July 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
👏 Thank you, Grimsby Community Energy, for showing how co‑operation can put the power back into communities. #Coops #UpTheEnergy #LocalPowerPlan #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction
🙌 Community energy co-operatives have the power to change the world 🌍️
Our series of FREE webinars will help introduce and explore opportunities offered to #coops through community energy – including the government's #LocalPowerPlan
👇 #CoopFortnight #coops #greenenergy #renewables
Our series of FREE webinars will help introduce and explore opportunities offered to #coops through community energy – including the government's #LocalPowerPlan
👇 #CoopFortnight #coops #greenenergy #renewables
June 24, 2026 at 7:01 AM
🙌 Community energy co-operatives have the power to change the world 🌍️
Our series of FREE webinars will help introduce and explore opportunities offered to #coops through community energy – including the government's #LocalPowerPlan
👇 #CoopFortnight #coops #greenenergy #renewables
Our series of FREE webinars will help introduce and explore opportunities offered to #coops through community energy – including the government's #LocalPowerPlan
👇 #CoopFortnight #coops #greenenergy #renewables
ICYMI: Our letter to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero @ed-miliband.bsky.social welcoming the #LocalPowerPlan 👏
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social @energy4alluk.bsky.social
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social @energy4alluk.bsky.social
Last week, Co-operatives UK – along with
@energy4alluk.bsky.social and Energy Local CIC – wrote to the Sec of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, @Ed_Miliband, and Dan McGrail, CEO Great British Energy, about the recently #LocalPowerPlan.
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social
@energy4alluk.bsky.social and Energy Local CIC – wrote to the Sec of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, @Ed_Miliband, and Dan McGrail, CEO Great British Energy, about the recently #LocalPowerPlan.
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social
March 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
ICYMI: Our letter to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero @ed-miliband.bsky.social welcoming the #LocalPowerPlan 👏
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social @energy4alluk.bsky.social
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social @energy4alluk.bsky.social
"The levels of ambition and funding in the #LocalPowerPlan are like nothing the UK community energy sector, or the wider co-operative movement, has ever seen before... We look forward to hearing how we, our members and our networks can get involved." #coops #comshares
March 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"The levels of ambition and funding in the #LocalPowerPlan are like nothing the UK community energy sector, or the wider co-operative movement, has ever seen before... We look forward to hearing how we, our members and our networks can get involved." #coops #comshares
Our letter stressed the importance of our unique #comshares investment model being able to simultaneously mobilise social and financial capital in communities and multiply the impact of public funds many times over while building inclusive democratic ownership. #LocalPowerPlan
March 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Our letter stressed the importance of our unique #comshares investment model being able to simultaneously mobilise social and financial capital in communities and multiply the impact of public funds many times over while building inclusive democratic ownership. #LocalPowerPlan
Last week, Co-operatives UK – along with
@energy4alluk.bsky.social and Energy Local CIC – wrote to the Sec of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, @Ed_Miliband, and Dan McGrail, CEO Great British Energy, about the recently #LocalPowerPlan.
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social
@energy4alluk.bsky.social and Energy Local CIC – wrote to the Sec of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, @Ed_Miliband, and Dan McGrail, CEO Great British Energy, about the recently #LocalPowerPlan.
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social
March 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Last week, Co-operatives UK – along with
@energy4alluk.bsky.social and Energy Local CIC – wrote to the Sec of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, @Ed_Miliband, and Dan McGrail, CEO Great British Energy, about the recently #LocalPowerPlan.
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social
@energy4alluk.bsky.social and Energy Local CIC – wrote to the Sec of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, @Ed_Miliband, and Dan McGrail, CEO Great British Energy, about the recently #LocalPowerPlan.
@rosemarley.bsky.social @jameslwright.bsky.social
With the #LocalPowerPlan and growing political focus on decentralised energy, the opportunity to scale community-led energy has never been clearer.
Now is the moment to turn momentum into action.
communityenergyengland.org/community-en...
#UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy
Now is the moment to turn momentum into action.
communityenergyengland.org/community-en...
#UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy
Community Energy Fortnight
Community Energy Fortnight is an annual, nationwide campaign reaching thousands of people and involving hundreds of organisations and it is a great opportunity to make your organisation’s activities…
communityenergyengland.org
July 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
With the #LocalPowerPlan and growing political focus on decentralised energy, the opportunity to scale community-led energy has never been clearer.
Now is the moment to turn momentum into action.
communityenergyengland.org/community-en...
#UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy
Now is the moment to turn momentum into action.
communityenergyengland.org/community-en...
#UpTheEnergy #CommunityEnergy
This year's State of the Sector will set the #LocalPowerPlan baseline.
Has your #CommunityEnergy org to submitted their data yet?
There's a chance to win a £500! Closes 26 May
communityenergyengland.org/state-of-the...
@cescotland.bsky.social @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social
Has your #CommunityEnergy org to submitted their data yet?
There's a chance to win a £500! Closes 26 May
communityenergyengland.org/state-of-the...
@cescotland.bsky.social @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social
May 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This year's State of the Sector will set the #LocalPowerPlan baseline.
Has your #CommunityEnergy org to submitted their data yet?
There's a chance to win a £500! Closes 26 May
communityenergyengland.org/state-of-the...
@cescotland.bsky.social @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social
Has your #CommunityEnergy org to submitted their data yet?
There's a chance to win a £500! Closes 26 May
communityenergyengland.org/state-of-the...
@cescotland.bsky.social @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social
April 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Today we handed in our open letter calling on Government to #UpTheEnergy on community power!
We welcome the ambition set out in the #LocalPowerPlan & #WarmHomesPlan commitments
Now we need delivery at scale
#CommunityEnergy is ready
Read the letter: communityenergyengland.org/up-the-energ...
We welcome the ambition set out in the #LocalPowerPlan & #WarmHomesPlan commitments
Now we need delivery at scale
#CommunityEnergy is ready
Read the letter: communityenergyengland.org/up-the-energ...
March 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Today we handed in our open letter calling on Government to #UpTheEnergy on community power!
We welcome the ambition set out in the #LocalPowerPlan & #WarmHomesPlan commitments
Now we need delivery at scale
#CommunityEnergy is ready
Read the letter: communityenergyengland.org/up-the-energ...
We welcome the ambition set out in the #LocalPowerPlan & #WarmHomesPlan commitments
Now we need delivery at scale
#CommunityEnergy is ready
Read the letter: communityenergyengland.org/up-the-energ...
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
We’re proud to be a signatory to this joint #LocalPowerPlan statement and look forward to working with partners across the #CommunityEnergy sector to turn this ambition into action.
www.gbe.gov.uk/blog/great-b...
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Great British Energy and UK community energy representative bodies - joint statement on the Local Power Plan | Great British Energy
9 February 2026Today’s publication of the Local Power Plan (LPP) is a landmark moment for community energy across the UK. With £1 billion of funding, this marks the largest public investment in commun...
www.gbe.gov.uk
February 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
We’re proud to be a signatory to this joint #LocalPowerPlan statement and look forward to working with partners across the #CommunityEnergy sector to turn this ambition into action.
www.gbe.gov.uk/blog/great-b...
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Great British Energy, @commenergyengland.bsky.social, @cescotland.bsky.social, @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social & #CommunityEnergy NI are committed to working together to ensure every community that wants to lead & own its clean energy journey has the opportunity & support to do so.
#LocalPowerPlan
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#LocalPowerPlan
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February 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Great British Energy, @commenergyengland.bsky.social, @cescotland.bsky.social, @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social & #CommunityEnergy NI are committed to working together to ensure every community that wants to lead & own its clean energy journey has the opportunity & support to do so.
#LocalPowerPlan
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#LocalPowerPlan
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The publication of the #LocalPowerPlan - backed by £1 billion - represents the largest public investment in #CommunityEnergy in UK history.
It’s a decisive step towards putting real power, ownership and long-term economic benefit into the hands of communities.
This is just the beginning...
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It’s a decisive step towards putting real power, ownership and long-term economic benefit into the hands of communities.
This is just the beginning...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The publication of the #LocalPowerPlan - backed by £1 billion - represents the largest public investment in #CommunityEnergy in UK history.
It’s a decisive step towards putting real power, ownership and long-term economic benefit into the hands of communities.
This is just the beginning...
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It’s a decisive step towards putting real power, ownership and long-term economic benefit into the hands of communities.
This is just the beginning...
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Take Action: If delivered well, this £1bn #LocalPowerPlan investment can transform how Britain powers its homes.
Help us ensure the government stays true to its word - sign our #UpTheEnergy open letter here before 2 March:
actionnetwork.org/forms/open-l...
#CommunityEnergy
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Help us ensure the government stays true to its word - sign our #UpTheEnergy open letter here before 2 March:
actionnetwork.org/forms/open-l...
#CommunityEnergy
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OPEN LETTER: It's time for Britain to up the energy on community power
Community Energy England & Partners are inviting public figures & organisations supportive of community energy to sign this open letter, which will be delivered to the Government in February 2026. We...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Take Action: If delivered well, this £1bn #LocalPowerPlan investment can transform how Britain powers its homes.
Help us ensure the government stays true to its word - sign our #UpTheEnergy open letter here before 2 March:
actionnetwork.org/forms/open-l...
#CommunityEnergy
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Help us ensure the government stays true to its word - sign our #UpTheEnergy open letter here before 2 March:
actionnetwork.org/forms/open-l...
#CommunityEnergy
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