We have been testing models for community energy that will play an important role in a fair, clean energy transition. Our learning can inform the Labour Party’s plans to grow the sector, putting communities and people at the heart of net zero.
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The CORE partnership has facilitated five community businesses to take ownership of eight solar farms with a collective capacity of 36MWp.
Our new report, with IPPR North and Locality, explores how different community businesses models and actions are building resilient communities and the transition to a fairer, greener, future.
A new report from Power to Change, in partnership with IPPR North and Locality, outlines the enormous and largely untapped potential of community businesses to create positive climate action
As five community businesses launch a groundbreaking community energy collective, seeking to raise £2.5m to take ownership of seven solar farms, our climate action manager explores why Power to Change backed this initiative and what we hope our investment will achieve
As five community businesses launch a groundbreaking community energy collective, seeking to raise £2.5 million to take ownership of seven solar farms, our climate action manager explores why Power to Change backed this initiative and what we hope our investment will go onto achieve.
Our Next Generation innovation programme has been supporting trials of alternative business models for community energy. Several models are now identified as near viable, generating considerable learnings for community businesses and wider stakeholders.
Community businesses can now access a multitude of useful resources and webinars to deepen their knowledge of energy efficiency, sustainability and community action.
You can learn from things going wrong as well as things going right.
CORE - a consortium of community solar farms - has secured £31m refinancing. This landmark investment pioneers institutional financing into the community renewable energy sector.
Power to Change are committed to supporting community businesses to play their role in the fairer, greener economy.
Supporting community businesses to make a real difference in the shift to a fairer, greener economy.
Real Ideas are a pioneering social enterprise supporting people to build better futures. In this blog, Ed Whitelaw reflects on the role of community business in parks and the importance of community climate heroes.
How will COP26 encourage community climate action? Will Walker, our climate action manager, blogs from COP26.
Carbon Co-op are a community energy organisation based in Greater Manchester. In this blog, Jonathon Atkinson discusses the importance of community climate action and reflects on what it all means at COP26.
Sandra Salazar D'eca, founder of Go Grow With Love & head grower at Black Rootz, has been named as an Everyday Climate Hero in a new campaign shot by renowned photographer, Rankin.
Ibe Hayter, founder of Cycle of Life, has been named as an Everyday Climate Hero in a new campaign shot by renowned photographer, Rankin.
We are putting the climate crisis at the forefront of every single decision that Power to Change makes.