Report: Community energy projects powering 130,000 UK homes

Michael Holder
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More than 200 community organisations are now operating solar, hydro or wind power schemes across UK with collective capacity of 121MW, new report finds

More than 200 community energy organisations are now operating enough solar, hydro and wind schemes across the UK to power 130,000 homes, a new analysis of the nascent sector has revealed. The first...

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