Reports and publications produced or supported by Community Energy England.

See our most recent State of the Sector Report from 2024 here.

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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State of the Sector Report 2018 

Community Energy England and Community Energy Wales launch the second State of the Sector Report 2018. This report builds upon the landmark report first launched in 2017. Thanks to Scene Connect for preparing the report on behalf of Community Energy England and Community Energy Wales. Proudly sponsored by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Electricity North West, Northern Powergrid and Westmill Solar Co-operative.

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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 2018 - Executive Summary  

Executive summary of 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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Community Energy: Generating More Than Renewable Energy 

CEE surveyed its members to assess not only the impact of these proposed changes to the Feed in Tariff, but also the additional value that community energy projects had delivered along with the potential value of projects being developed. The results were startling.


Produced in partnership with Quantum Strategy and Technology.

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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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