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The Dean and Chapter, Salisbury Cathedral’s governing body, have decided to invest £25K in our share offer, to support the community share raise. The Cathedral Cloisters is one of the sites on which solar PV will be installed, subject to consents and permissions. Canon Robert Titley, Cathedral’s Treasurer and environmental lead, explained: ‘As our climate…

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 Schools’ Energy Co-operative is today celebrating as Perivale Primary School, in Ealing, West London, is named as the 50th school to have a solar panel system installed through its unique co-operative model. The School’s Energy Co-op is an innovative, not-for profit, scheme that’s supporting schools to cut their carbon emissions and generate clean, green energy,…

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…

Our second share offer has now reached its £400,000 target which will enable us to install solar panels on a further 6 schools.  Welcome to all our new co-op members and thank you for your support!

4 March 2015 Mike Smyth, Schools Energy Co-op chair, says he is delighted to welcome Ashlyns School to the Schools Energy Co-op ‘family’ with the signing of the formal agreement between the School and the Co-op today.   Working together with Transition Town Berkhampsted, Ashlyns School and Schools Energy Co-operative have developed a project which…

Oakwood and Heron Park Schools in Eastbourne and King Offa in Bexhill sign up to Schools Energy Co-operative and the Share Offer is ready to go!