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“Powering the City” – a big success

17th September 2015

Our half-day conference “Powering the City” took place last weekend. We had over 60 people along and we’d like to thank everyone who attended and made the event so successful. Attendees and organisers tweeted throughout on the hashtag #YorkCE15. After a welcome introduction from YCE Chair, Richard Lane, our first presentation was from Debbie Trebilco,

Tags: conferences, council, hydro, local, policy, solar, wind

Community Energy Conference, September 12th

18th July 2015

York Community Energy would like to invite you to attend a half-day conference on community power. “Powering the City” will run from 1pm to 5:30pm on Saturday September 12th 2015 at the Friends Meeting House on Friargate. There will be opportunities to hear from successful community energy groups from across the UK, and to learn

Tags: conferences, 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