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As we begin 2026 NLCE would like to take a moment to reflect on both our own journey so far, as well as the amazing passion shown by many other community energy and community ownership groups and their supporters in the UK! Here is a brief round-up of LAST years progress: ✅ Last year this…

On Saturday the 13th of December 2025, North Lincolnshire Community Energy (NLCE) joined other co-operatives of the county in Lincoln at the Central Library to celebrate the International Year of The Cooperatives #IYC2025. It was a great way to network and engage with both other co-operative groups and the general public; ending the year long celebration…

To finish our updates on the past years installations in North Lincolnshire: NLCE are pleased to announce that our Solar PV installation, in collaboration with North Lincolnshire Council and Joju Solar, on St John’s Market in Scunthorpe is well underway. It will hopefully start its generation of clean electricity by mid December 2025 making a…

Yesterday NLCE staff attended Community Energy England‘s winter conference at Cutlers Hall in Sheffield. It was a really valuable opportunity to hear and share stories of community energy across the UK. Community Energy has such a range of impact in communities and plans to continue making even bigger waves for the future generations. Huge congratulations…

North Lincolnshire Community Energy recently published our June-October 2025 newsletter: you can read it online through the link below. In this edition we talk about what NLCE has been doing since our last newsletter; our most recent solar installations and stats, about how we joined in with Community Energy Fortnight in July, our first hybrid…

North Lincolnshire Community are delighted to have been shortlisted in this years Community Energy England (CEE) Community Energy Excellence Award (large) category! Alongside North Lincolnshire Council, who are nominated in the Supportive Authority category.   Good luck to everyone nominated across all the different categories, showing how much impact can be made by local communities…

As we go through the year, NLCE are pleased to be able to continue delivering outreach to the general public, groups and host sites. So far this has included, film screenings, solar workshops with children, pop up stalls, talks to groups, and events such as Climate Café Conversations. There are plenty more in the pipeline…

This month saw the first hybrid AGM for NLCE, which was held at Heslam Park, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe on the evening of the 16th of September. Turn out from our board of directors, members and general public was good and online attendance was also worked well. Thank you to everyone who attended and voted for…

We are delighted to have been nominated for the ‘Going Green’ category in this year’s Great Big Small Awards. The Great Big Small Awards recognise the positive work being done by small local businesses and entrepreneurs across North Lincolnshire. Our award category is for local organisations who have shown they can adapt or innovate to…

Our latest installations are complete! NLCE added solar power to St Bede’s School and St Bernadette’s Academy in August. St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy now have 96 solar panels, with 40 kWp. St Bede’s Voluntary Academy have 238 solar panels, with 100 kWp. These installations will save the schools thousands of pounds each year…