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In July NLCE started off well with plenty of ‘Community Energy Fortnight’ (#CEF2025) engagements in Scunthorpe; taking in part in the biggest celebration of community energy in the UK. NLCE screened the film WE THE POWER at Oasis Community Space, which is about the journey of Community Energy in Europe and how it can benefit…

As mentioned in our newsletter (Jan-May), NLCE are excited to announce we have been successful in securing two sets of funding recently to continue the work we have been doing locally within North Lincolnshire in our role promoting community energy. Firstly, NLCE secured Energy Redress Just Transition funding, which is allowing us to continue the…

Energy4All Chair Mike Smyth and Non-Executive Director Mark Luntley have been sharing their expertise in how community energy projects in the UK overcome barriers to successfully generate clean energy for ordinary people. They took part in a community energy financing podcast series by ACCE – a European collaborative project focusing on creating simple and effective…

North Lincolnshire Community Energy recently distributed our Jan-May 2025 newsletter: you can read it online through the link below. We talk about what NLCE has been doing so far this year, our most recent solar installations, how the co-op is being used as a shining example in wider government debate, our most recent stats and…

NLCE have ended May with Scunthorpe’s first facilitated Climate Conversations Cafe, in collaboration with EarthLincs, and Cafe Indie. By using the Younity funding NLCE secured, we have been able to provided a safe space to discuss how climate change impacts on mental health. More dates for the Cafe to be announced soon.

This month NLCE are excited to announced that we have been awarded the Younity Powering Communities Grant, to deliver local sustainable workshops and engagements to the general public – this is really fundamental to covering the cost of our in-person and online engagements about community energy. Follow our social media accounts for upcoming events, which…

Sunny March rounds off a rewarding year for NLCE 14th April 2025 It wasn’t just the residents of Scunthorpe enjoying the sunny weather in March: our community-owned solar panels on schools and community buildings generated a whopping 114,855 kWh of clean energy, rounding off our financial year with 1,160,761 kWh produced.  For context, that’s enough…

NLCE are pleased to be able to announce that we have finished another Solar PV installation at Lindsey Lodge Hospice, Scunthorpe. This is a 60 kWp system, with East, West and South facing solar panels. Having panels facing in different direct is helpful: it does generate slightly less power than a pure south facing system,…

Our team have been busy in the local area – yesterday Ruby (our Community Engagement Coordinator) and Zach (one of our Directors) held a pop up stand at John Leggott College, followed by a presentation and Q&A at their Upskill Science session, attended by over 30 students and staff. Their presentation explored the role renewables…