Ripple Energy have announced that Derril Water Solar Park will become Britain's first shared solar park.
The project, developed by leading renewable energy company RES, will provide an alternative way solar parks can be owned in Britain. Thanks to Ripple’s new consumer focused model people across Britain can part-own solar parks and benefit directly from the cheap, green energy they produce.
Shared solar marks an historic chapter in the green energy ownership movement and is a new, affordable and simple way for households to act on climate change and shrink their carbon...
Dunsford Community Academy in Exeter has launched a series of environmental initiatives as the school progresses to winning its first Eco-Schools Green Flag award .
The prestigious Eco-Schools programme, which was launched in 1994, requires schools to follow a seven-step framework designed to empower young people to make a difference in their school. As part of the school’s action plan, it has launched a dedicated eco-council, led by Julia Balfour, the former Head of Ecology for the Royal Parks, who has previously worked with Sir David Attenborough.
More widely known for its Jurassic coast and rolling hills, East Devon is showing strong signs of a green economic recovery in response to Covid-19.
The pandemic has brought acknowledgement of the link between health and outside spaces. This recognition and a need to transition to net zero carbon means businesses see wellbeing and the environment as priorities.
East Devon District Council has seized this challenge and is looking towards a clean and green future. The Council is driving clean growth to reduce carbon emissions and providing greener, healthier, more vibrant...
There was a record increase in demand for electric car home charging grants in 2020, according to figures from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles.
Over 42,000 grants for home charging devices were made last year, worth nearly £17m, which was over a quarter of the value of grants since the government launched the scheme in 2014.
Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) grants provide 75% of the cost of installing electric vehicle devices at domestic properties in the UK.
The south east leads the UK for the highest percentage of devices under the EVHS – 735...
Exeter City Futures has launched a brand new initiative, called Net Zero Heroes which aims to celebrate local individuals, families and groups of people who are taking action on the climate and helping to deliver the city’s Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan. Net Zero Heroes has been launched for #EarthDay – a global awareness campaign to drive positive action for the planet.
Throughout the pandemic, residents, families and workers have come together as a community, changing their habits, buying local, pooling resources and supporting the more vulnerable members of the community....
Motorists with new and used zero emission cars will be able to have their vehicles fitted with the new green number plates at all Hendy dealerships in Devon.
The plates, which feature a green strip on the left hand side of the registration number, identify zero emission vehicles. It is hoped that they will help local authorities implement new policies such as cost-free entry into zero emission zones, and encourage more people to make the switch to eco-friendly driving ahead of the ban on traditional fossil fuel vehicles in 2030, recently moved forward from 2040.
Following the launch of the Government’s £2 billion Green Homes Grant scheme, Zoopla, the UK’s most comprehensive property destination , has revealed some of the top eco-friendly properties currently for sale in Exeter.
The properties on the market in Exeter boast a wide range of cutting-edge energy saving features, including passive heating systems, mechanical heat recovery, triple glazed windows, solar panels, energy performance certificates of 80+ and all enjoy energy efficiency ratings of A or B.
Eco-friendly homes for sale in Exeter include a three-bed terraced house...
Two Exeter community centres have completed solar power generation projects this month, having faced a deadline coinciding with the COVID-19 lockdown and threatening their viability. Westbank Community Health and Care in Exminster, and The Beacon Community Centre on Beacon Lane are among the UK’s last solar projects to get government feed-in-tariff subsidies.
Exeter Community Energy (ECOE), which owns the solar panels, and installer SOL Electrical had to register the sites with OFGEM, the government power regulator, before the end of March. That was needed to get the subsidies that...
Exeter’s oldest building is hotting up with an environmentally friendly heating system.
St Nicholas Priory in Exeter is probably the oldest building in Devon, boasting rare Norman architecture, but a brand-new heating system will soon see it brought bang up to date without impacting on the historic structure.
After years of closure, Exeter Historic Buildings Trust took over St Nicholas Priory in 2018, with the intention of painstakingly restoring the ancient building and adapting it for public use. Since reopening, it has become a thriving community venue hosting an...
£6,235 available from 2019/2020 fund – deadline January 17 2019
Award-winning Devon volunteer organisation Estuary League of Friends has installed Topsham’s first multi-model electric vehicle charger outside its new community hub at Nancy Potter House. The project was supported by a £900 grant from the Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) community fund, which is accepting new applications until 5pm Friday January 17th .
‘With the start-up funds from ECOE, our project became a reality, as we were able to use those funds as match funding,’ says Emily McCarthy, Community &...
