Newsletter

We are currently planning to hold our AGM on 15th September 2020 at 7pm in Blandord Forum.

Unfortunately the progress on our new installations for our 3rd Share Offer has been delayed by a number of factors including the weather and corona virus. We have however two complete installations: Wey Valley School (photographed) and Blandford School installed in February. These are installed and generating electricity. Installation has also commenced at All Saints…

Following a grant awarded from the Power to Change Bright Ideas Fund last October, Dorset Community Energy launched the Energy Local Bridport project in early January in partnership with Energy Local CIC and Octopus Energy. Previously all our projects have been based of supplying renewable electricity to schools and community buildings, but Energy Local Bridport…

WCEN event Bath Feb 2020 Dorset Community Energy (DCE) was one of the founder members of the Wessex Community Energy Network (WCEN), set up 2 years ago to enable community energy groups in the Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Bath and Bristol areas to meet up to share experience.  Currently DCE’s Finance Director Henry Lovegrove, and Secretary…

DCE is delighted to report another successful 12 months of electricity generation, our existing 16 sites generated 434,000kWh of electricity in 2019, around 7.5% above the amounts predicted in the share offer documents.  This means that average generation is slightly over 1000kWh per kW installed which is particularly positive as not all installations are facing…

It’s been a while since our last newsletter – a special welcome to new subscribers. In this issue: AGM – Save the date – 15th September  – Blandford Forum3rd Share Offer update – Nearly 200kW installed90 Households have expressed interest in Energy Local BridportFunding success for Wessex Community Energy NetworkDCE solar generation in 2019 above…

Welcome to our newsletter, especially if you are one of the 50 new subscribers since our last May newsletter.We have been busy with our most recent share offer, so thank you if you invested, you can get an update below, and also read about: Community Engagement vacancy for Bridport / Salway Ash Energy Local projectBridport…

Dorset Community Energy (DCE) is excited to have been awarded funding for an Energy Local project which aims to link local providers of renewable electricity with customers, at a reasonable price for both, read more here. Pete West, DCE secretary and director will be managing the Salway Ash/ Bridport local electricity supply pilot project on…

People who live in Salway Ash may have wondered if they could buy the electricity generated by the solar panels on the roof of the village hall, or the nearby wind turbine. Currently any unused electricity from the wind turbine or solar panels is sold by the owners to the national grid for approximately 5p/kWh,…

Following our successful share offer, the work to implement DCE’s 3rd 700kWp PV portfolio continues. The first installation with be 100kW at the Wey Valley Academy. Work will be commenced during the Autumn half-term and completed during Spring half-term. We are also aiming to install a further 3 sites in 2019. The remaining sites will be…

In early September, Pete West, secretary and a director of Dorset Community Energy, was invited to give a climate change presentation to 100 year 7 pupils at the Atlantic Academy, Portland. John Tomblin, an active member of Transition Town Weymouth and Portland, introduced the session with a presentation on climate science, which Pete followed up…

Since the Feed-In-Tariffs for renewable electricity ended in March 2019, anyone planning to install renewable electricity who did not use all the electricity onsite would have been forced to export the electricity to the grid free of charge effectively subsidising the big power companies.  Fortunately in January the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) will be launched. …

Dear DCE Members and Newsletter Subscribers Dorset Community Energy’s 3rd share offer closed on the 31st July 2019 having met its target of £445,000 within the offer period. At the six-week mark of the share offer, we had raised £250k but the remaining £200k surged in in the last two-weeks. In fact, we were oversubscribed….

The Dorset Community 3rd share offer is now closed to new applicants as we have reached the target £445,000. If you have applied for shares we will be in touch soon. If you wished to purchase shares in this share offer but have been unable to do so please e mail info@dorsetcommunityenergy.org.uk and we will add your…

                                  Dear DCE Members and Newsletter SubscribersWe are delighted to say the share offer is progressing very well and in just six weeks we have raised £248,850, or more than half our target of £445,000.We have now issued the first…

                                  Dear DCE Members and Newsletter SubscribersWelcome to our 3rd Share Offer which is launched by this email, so you are the first to hear of it!You are invited to invest in Dorset Community Energy , we hope to raise…