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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · 2d

All of the news on #communityenergy from our friends in #Europe 🤩

REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · 2d

📨 Our October newsletter is out!

With updates on:
📣 Job opening at REScoop.eu
📑 Our Citizens Energy Package consultation response
🏫 A course for local authorities

Read it here: mailchi.mp/rescoop.eu/o...

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · 2d

🍂 🐿️ Our Westmill Energy autumn newsletter is out now!
Highlights this quarter: our new partnership with @offshorewind.bsky.social and Westmill receiving the Fair Tax mark, again! Subscribe now to hear our latest updates and news: tinyurl.com/bdzy5666 #fairtax #education #sustainability #renewables

Hear all of the latest news from Westmill Energy!

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · 7d

We’re excited to launch the Discovering Offshore Wind lesson pack - created in collaboration with Offshore Wind Learning (OWL). Perfect for classroom use or enrichment activities!
Download for free from our website: westmillenergy.coop/.../owl-less...
#sustainability #renewables #education #ks2 #ks3

Offshore Wind Learning - Discovering Offshore Wind - Westmill Energy

This Lesson about offshore wind is offered courtesy of a partnership between WeSET and Offshore Wind Learning (OWL).

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · 10d

Amazing to see a new generation getting involved with #communityenergy and making a difference in their #communities 😍

REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · 10d

🏆 #SuccessStoryOfTheMonth

🎓 Universities: a new frontier for energy communities?

🇩🇰 In Denmark, a group of researchers set up the first university-based energy cooperative in the country, involving students and residents along the way.

🗞️ Read their inspiring story! www.rescoop.eu/news-and-eve...

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · 13d

What an exciting step forwards for #communityenergy!

Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 14d

🏘️ Big news for community energy in the UK!

The House of Lords is proposing that all new housing developments consider including a community renewable energy project.

🗣️ “place community energy at the heart of our planning and energy future,” making clean energy a local priority from day one⚡🌱

Lords propose that all new housing developments consider community energy projects | New Civil Engineer

The Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee spokesperson Earl John Russell has tabled an amendment to the government’s Bill that would see any new

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · 13d

Wow! Beautiful pics!

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REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · 13d

🇩🇪 Are you based in Germany?

💡On November 15, the first CoopCamp Energiewende will take place in Weimar – a conference for everyone who wants to share knowledge on the energy transition and take action together.

🎫 Find out more: genossenschaften.digital/coopcamp/coo...

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REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · 19d

#DrawTheLine - For life, for people, for the planet!

✊ This weekend thousands of people around the world are standing up together to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence – and for a future built on peace, clean energy, and fairness.

Join the movement! ➡ drawtheline.world

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REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · 26d

⚡ The Citizens Energy Package is a unique opportunity to bolster energy democracy and put citizens at the centre of the energy transition.

🖊️ Yesterday, we submitted our answer to the European Commission’s call for evidence on this package.

Read our full response 👉 www.rescoop.eu/toolbox/resp...

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REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · 29d

📺 The first of #CitizenEnergyHub's webinar series, 'Chatting on Citizen Energy', is online.

🗨️ Hear from projects in Belgium and Italy talk about the concrete benefits of citizen energy, and learn about what support the hub can offer you!

🔗 citizens-energy.ec.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 So excited to share this amazing video of Westmill: from one man's vision, to two #cooperatives with 3,000 members, generating enough #electricity to power around 4,500 homes, and donating £1m to the local #community ⚡ 💡 🏚️ 🤝 #coops #greenenergy #solarpower #wind

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sBm...

How people power built a wind farm

YouTube video by Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ)

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REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · Sep 2

💸Community energy is good for your pocket!
… and the planet! 🌍

Citizen-led heating and cooling can lower your energy bills while ridding you of outdated and polluting fossil fuels.

➡️Find out how in our practical guidelines!
energycommunityplatform.eu/resources/gu...

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Sep 2

A brilliant scheme from our friends in #Europe 😄

REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · Sep 1

📣 Four initiatives are launching calls to support community energy projects across the EU (and beyond!)

💰🧰 Support includes financial and/or technical assistance.

📋Is your project eligible? Find out here: www.rescoop.eu/news-and-eve...

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REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · Sep 2

📨 Our September newsletter is out!

With updates on:

🇪🇺 EU consultations on energy policy
💰 Funding opportunities for energy communities
🏆 Our monthly success story

Read it here: mailchi.mp/rescoop.eu/s...

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hoping to book a tour of #Westmill this #summer? There’s still time, but only just!

Get yourself booked on to our last two #tours of 2025, and see how we use amazing #nature to generate #power!

westmillenergy.coop/visit-westmi...

#solarpower #greenenergy #renewables #turbines

westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 Have a great community project, but need some help with funding? The Westmill Solar Community Funding Grant Scheme wants to hear from you! Check out guidance notes and apply on on our website now: westmillenergy.coop/what-we-do/c...
Deadline: noon, 15th September.
#community #cooperatives #solar

Community Funding - Westmill Energy

Discover how we support local community groups through our Community Funding scheme and find out how to apply for a grant.

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎉We were so excited to send out the very first Westmill Energy newsletter this month! 🥳 Did you miss it? Sign up now to get a copy of the next edition, and keep up to date with all things Westmill! westmillenergy.coop

#communityenergy #greenenergy #renewables #membership #newsletter #solarpower

Homepage - Westmill Energy

Westmill Energy includes Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative, Westmill Solar Co-operative and Westmill Sustainable Energy Trust (WeSET).

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢 Sign the @coopparty.party.coop petition to add co-ops to the #curriculum and teach the next generation why #coooperatives are so important to our future.

party.coop/curriculum#j...

#coops #education #school #students

Let’s put co-ops on the Curriculum

Co-ops are an important part of our nation's history and could be a crucial part of our economic future – but that starts by teaching the children of today about co-operatives at school.

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 Be sure to check out this excellent podcast on community energy financing from our friends in Europe

#communityenergy #ACCE

REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · Aug 7

🎧 New podcast episode! ⚡🙋‍♀️🌞🌬️🌊

Why is it so crucial to accelerate the energy transition and put community involvement at its core?

Chris Vrettos, our Financing Policy Advisor, tell us!

🎙️Produced by ‪@enlit-europe.bsky.social‬

🔗 Listen now:
open.spotify.com/episode/5f63...

#ACCE

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our colleagues at WeSET, together with some #friends of Westmill, enjoyed a wonderful tour of Rampion Wind Farm, off the coast of #Sussex this month. What an excellent example of harnessing the incredible #power of #nature!
#greenenergy #renewables #windfarm #offshorewind

Offshore wind turbines in the sea, with a blue sky behind with white fluffy clouds.

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 5

What an amazing opportunity for funding and support from our colleagues in Europe! 😍🌍

Get your applications in by 30th September 2025.

REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · Aug 5

⌛ Less than two months left to apply for a €45,000 grant from the European Energy Communities Facility to develop a business plan for your community energy project.

Start your application today!

🔗 energycommunitiesfacility.eu/apply/applic...

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Exciting to see this great event from our European friends at @rescoop.eu 🤩

REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · Aug 1

🏘️Working on sustainable building renovations?

📅 Join the EU Peers Summit on 14-15 October 2025 in Brussels!

The event includes:
🧰 A practitioner's workshop
📷 A site visit of Brussels’ OSS
🎤 A public event on the benefits of renovation One Stop Shops.

Register: www.eu-peers.eu/events/eu-pe...

westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Jul 29

For any organisations who are looking for support to get started, get in touch with our friends at @younityuk.bsky.social 😍

#communityenergy #renewables #greenenergy #cooperatives

Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · Jul 29

How can we support your community energy project?

🚀 Up to £1.5m available in kickstarter loans
💡Expert advice & support
💰 Support finding the best rate when selling energy
🤝 Connecting you with motivated volunteers

Find out how we can help you 👇

www.younity.coop/supporting-c...

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨Westmill Solar Coop is so excited to launch our Community Benefits Grants Scheme for 2025! 🎉🤗 Applications close at noon on 15th September 2025. See our website for eligibility and an application form: westmillenergy.coop/what-we-do/c...
#CommunityEnergy #solar #cooperatives #greenenergy

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westmillenergy.bsky.social @westmillenergy.bsky.social · Jul 24

Wow! Great work @energisesouthdowns.bsky.social 👏

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