Community Energy Fortnight 2025

1–14 July 2025

A national celebration of people-powered energy. 

What’s happening during Fortnight 2025?

This year, Community Energy Fortnight is all about unlocking investment to help communities take control of their energy future. Across the two weeks, we’re shining a light on the power of community investment — and you're invited to be part of it.

Explore the events

Key event themes

Throughout the Fortnight, events will focus on:

  • Stories of real people investing in real change
  • Building partnerships with ethical funders like Ethex, Thrive Renewables, and Triodos Bank
  • Practical strategies for scaling up local energy projects

Why investment? Why now?

Access to affordable, values-aligned finance remains one of the biggest challenges for community energy. Too many projects are held back by funding gaps or traditional finance models that don’t serve community needs.

This Fortnight, we’re addressing that head-on — with the support of:

Fortnight resources

To help you take part or support your local community energy group, we’ve created a full set of free resources:

Thinking of getting involved?

Whether you're a community energy group, ethical investor, or passionate individual — there’s a way to join in:

  • Submit your event to appear on the national calendar and this page
  • Share your project to inspire others
  • Use our toolkits to promote your impact
  • Join our events to learn and connect

We’d love to hear what you’re planning. Contact Kim Woodcock to tell us more and find out how we can help promote your event.

Featured investment resources from Ethex & Community Energy England

These resources — plus online and in-person events — are designed to give our community members the tools, knowledge, and confidence to grow your project and unlock new opportunities.

 

Community Energy Fortnight News

Communities given new power to shape onshore wind

 08/07/2025
8th July 2025:One year on from the lifting of England’s onshore wind ban, …

Why shared ownership can be a win-win for both developers and communities

 07/07/2025
Shared ownership is a hot topic right now, with government currently consulting on ho …

It’s Your Energy Too: How Community Power Works (and Why It’s Brilliant)

 07/07/2025
This blog is written by Mica Janiv At Ovesco, we’ve been putting co …

Why funding solutions for community energy are crucial for a cleaner, fairer future

 02/07/2025
Written by Lisa Ashford, CEO of EthexAs we mark this year’s Community Energy …

Community Energy Fortnight Event Locations