Posts by Milly Beattie

The cathedral has received planning consent for Solar PV on this Schools Energy Co-op / Salisbury project.

A solar panel on an off grid home in Mafia Island, Tanzania, taken this summer by our member Chris Bryans.  The solar panel enables the household to have a mobile phone, a light and an internet connected laptop, transforming their ability to work, trade, communicate, bank and study.  

Schools’ Energy Co-op won the Suffolk award for local energy yesterday for its work at Westbourne School.  The judges particularly liked its replicability and the way we had overcome all the obstacles, including finance, a school could have to installing solar.  Suffolk County Council has declared a climate emergency and resolved to be zero carbon…

Barrow enterprise The Schools’ Energy Co-operative wins national business award Barrow-based enterprise, The Schools’ Energy Co-operative Ltd, has scooped a prestigious national business accolade – taking home the prize for the “Inspiring Co-op of the Year” at the Co-operative of the Year Awards. Chair of the Co-op Mike Smyth and Project Director Laura Moreno were…

The Sun is Shining – Help to make a greener future for our children The Schools Energy Co-operative COMMUNITY SHARE OFFER NOW OPEN  The Schools’ Energy Co-operative invites you to be a part of their established social enterprise, which has successfully installed community funded solar panels on 36 schools, throughout the UK.  It is now…

The video shows the construction of The Schools’ Energy Co-operative’s most recent project, a 96kWp community funded solar PV installation at Oak Academy. Bournemouth. This installation should generate about 88,000kWh of renewable electricity, reducing the school’s electricity bills and carbon foot print. Oak Academy is part of Ambitions Academies Trust, a leading multi-academy trust with…

Since 2014 The Schools’ Energy Co-operative has installed solar PV panels on 30 schools from Poole to Teesside, with 4 more expected soon. This has been funded by £1.3 million raised from our 250 plus members. From 2018 we expect to save more than 1,000 tonnes** of carbon dioxide each year, for at least the…

Glenleigh School in Bexhill has recently had solar panels installed and forms one of the largest arrays in the country. In September, as a result of the panels, the school imported 75% less electricity than in 2013 despite being two classes bigger – how good is that! This is a fantastic energy saving for the…