The term ‘community energy’ is used wherever a community generates renewable energy collectively. Today, it also includes efforts made by communities to reduce energy consumption by insulating buildings, promoting sustainable transport and changing people’s habits to use less energy.

Keep reading to learn about the history of Community Energy and its presence in the UK, Nottingham and the Meadows.

As mentioned in ‘A Potted History of Community Energy’, Nottingham has played its part in the bigger picture of Community Energy. Nottingham introduced the first municipal water supply (1830) and was the first Local Authority to try to set up its own non-profit electricity supply company.

But what about right here, in the Meadows?

Communities have been generating their own energy since Victorian times. For generations this has been the case, driven by local interest for these projects to be done ethically and sustainably whilst environmentally and economically protecting and benefitting rural communities. Here is how community energy has developed over time, and what this means for Nottingham.

A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases that our actions generate. For centuries the greenhouse gas concentration level has been relatively static. However, since the industrial revolution, it has been rising rapidly.

Nottingham has been concerned about how to deal with Climate Change for some time now. Keep reading to find out what has been happening locally, to tackle climate change globally.