News | Tag: planning

Expert views on Community Energy and Lowfield Green

11th May 2018

As previously advertised, York Community Energy co-hosted a public meeting with Yorspace on April 22nd, entitled “Building an Energy Community in York”. The purpose of the meeting was to gather members of both groups (and interested members of the public) to discuss the upcoming housing development at the Lowfield Green site in Acomb, where Yorspace have been

Tags: community, events, housing, hydro, local, Lowfield Green, planning, solar, york, Yorspace

Public meeting: Building an Energy Community in York, April 22nd

8th April 2018

With so much talk about major local developments like York Central and Castle Gateway, and the Local Plan earmarking sites across the city for new housing, now is a great time to think about how we connect ourselves to the grid and how we might do it better. We’re teaming up with Yorspace, the community

Tags: community, events, local, planning, york

Conferences, soapboxes, and a bit of politics

26th June 2015

Last week was a busy one for the YCE team. Members of the Management Committee were variously lobbying MPs, attending conferences and out proclaiming the benefits of community energy. Wednesday was the great “For the Love Of…” mass lobby of MPs on climate change. Activists from all over the UK met their MPs in or

Tags: climate change, conferences, planning, policy

Our First AGM

7th June 2015

Our first AGM took place last week, and has given us plenty to think about! We had a great turnout with plenty of new faces – thanks to everyone who came. We got the standard business of the AGM out of the way – the usual financial report and the election of the Management Committee

Tags: AGM, planning, Samsø, solar, wind