Reports and publications produced or supported by Community Energy England.

See our 2022 Annual Report here

See our 2022 Policy and Advocacy Highlights here

See our most recent State of the Sector Report here.

State of the Sector Report 2018 - Infographics 

Infographics booklet from the State of the Sector Report 2018. Thanks to Scene for consulting and to the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Electricity North West, Northern Powergrid and Westmill Solar Co-operative for sponsoring this report.

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State of the Sector Report 2018 - Appendices 

Appendices A - D from the State of the Sector Report 2018. This includes the references, methodology, 2018 survey and the surveyed organisations.

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Community Energy: A Local Authority Perspective 

Alongside Community Energy England’s 2017 State of the Sector Report, a small sample of local authorities were surveyed to highlight their current community energy activities. With a growing national movement actively looking to produce and supply energy at a local level there is a clear need for both the community energy sector and local authorities to understand how they can, together, help advance and deliver powerful ‘local energy’ solutions.

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Community Owned Electrical Vehicle Chargers 

Community Energy England have produced a report looking at electric vehicle charging and the opportunities this can bring to community energy groups. With expert advice from Cenex and Gwent Energy CIC, this report should give some inspiration and suggestions for if EV charging is suitable for your community energy project to consider.

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State of the Sector Report 2017  

Community Energy England and Community Energy Wales were proud to launch the first State of the Sector Survey on the 24th of June 2017. This landmark report has collected a vast amount of data from 2016 on community energy generation, energy savings and CO2 reduction projects in England, Wales and Northern Ireland Thanks to Scene for consulting and Northern Powergrid for sponsoring this report.

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State of the Sector Report 2017 - Executive Summary 

Executive summary of the State of the Sector Report 2017. Thanks to Scene for consulting and Northern Powergrid for sponsoring this report.

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