The art of going green: partnership opportunities with Battersea Arts Centre
This week Tim, Toby and James met with the team at Battersea Arts Centre to discuss partnership opportunities to further improve the environmental performance of one of the borough’s most iconic buildings.
CREW narrowly miss out on shortlisting for M&S Community Energy Fund
CREW discovered this week that we just missed the cut for shortlisting for the M&S Community Fund. Begun in 2015, Marks and Spencer run a national competition offering grants to community energy projects across 20+ regions of the UK. Customers and members of the public vote for their favourite shortlisted regional projects who receive grants of up to £12,500 towards community energy initiatives.
Doddington and Rolo Update
CREW and Doddington & Rolo Community Association (DRCA) are working together on an exciting energy efficiency project. The DRCA are a community venue and small business workshop host in Battersea.
CREW Member elected to the London Assembly
We are delighted to announce that CREW member and long-time advocate Leonie Cooper has been elected to the London Assembly!
Leonie will represent Merton and Wandsworth at the Greater London Assembly, winning her seat by over 4,000 votes.
WE’RE BECOMING AN ESCO – A NEW PHASE AND NEW ACRONYM FOR CREW
Big decisions were made at last night’s CREW team meeting. In response to the Government’s decision to devastate the solar industry, we’re going to set up as an Energy Services Company (ESCO). This allows CREW to continue to work with community partners on a range of different renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, without only being confined to solar projects.
COMMUNITY ENERGY CONFERENCE 2015: REASONS TO REMAIN HOPEFUL
Last weekend several members of the CREW team attended the Community Energy Conference 2015. Unsurprisingly the FiTs reduction dominated discussions, but CREW left with plenty of optimism too.
Hosted by Community Energy England and Co-operative Energy, the conference was an opportunity for over 50 different groups and co-ops to come together to discuss the state of the sector and opportunities for innovation.
January 15th, 2016
On the 27th August the Government announced plans to slash the Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) subsidy which supports making solar power projects in the UK financially viable. As a result CREW has paused any further project action until the full repercussions of this announcement are known.
The cuts amount to an 87% overnight reduction in the subsidy solar power owners receive for the energy they sell back to the gird.
Community energy conference
Members of CREW and Furzedown Low Carbon Zone who attended the Community Energy Conference in Oxford on Saturday
HENRY PRINCE ESTATE – DAMP & DRAUGHT PROOFING WORKSHOP
The workshop was busy. Local residents, all ages, came and shared impressions, had their questions answered and learned a lot.
Our speakers were Angela and Giles. Each was impressively knowledgeable and full of enthusiasm about their subjects. They packed so much into the short time they had, making sure that every minute counted.