Updated: The Community Energy Strategy, which serves as the government response to the call for evidence, has been published today.
This Call for Evidence will run for 8 weeks between 6 June and 1 August 2013.
In this Call for Evidence, we want to hear from community energy groups and community energy intermediaries (such as membership organisations or those offering support and advice to community energy groups), as well as all others with an interest in community energy, including banks, private equity firms, venture capitalists, infrastructure funds, energy companies (supply, networks and generation), developers, builders, planners, local authorities (including parish councils), other local organisations, health professionals and members of the public.
We would also like to hear from community networks and parts of civic society who have an interest in energy, even if it is just a small part of the organisation's remit.
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Community energy - community projects or initiatives focused on reducing, managing, generating or purchasing energy - is on the rise in the UK and we believe that it has the potential to achieve more in the UK, offering solutions where Government action is not enough.
To help us identify how to unlock the potential of community energy, this Call for Evidence seeks evidence, views and ideas to complement our own analysis and research in the following areas:
- Evidence of the potential benefits of community energy
- Understanding the barriers to community energy
- Identifying innovative approaches and new approaches
We encourage responses via our online consultation system, Citizen's Space,
Community Energy Survey
The Community Energy Survey has been published alongside DECC's Call for Evidence, to assist with a systematic assessment of the current scale and profile of the community energy sector. It has been jointly commissioned by DECC and Consumer Futures, and will inform DECC's forthcoming Community Energy Strategy. Databuild would like to hear from community group representatives or individuals involved in supporting communities to do energy projects.
The online survey is designed to gather detailed information about energy projects and activities that community groups across the UK have undertaken in the last five years, those that are in the process of being undertaken and activities that are in the pipeline. Responses are being collected until 9 August.
Supplementary Research
This research report supplements the Call for Evidence and provides a synthesis of published research and evidence around community energy in the UK. It summarises the existing evidence about the role and impact of community energy activity in the UK, highlights gaps in the evidence base, and suggests ways they might be filled in the future. This interim report is the output of the first phase of an on-going research project jointly commissioned by DECC and Consumer Futures and carried out by Databuild Research and Development, supported by the Energy Saving Trust
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