Energy

Reports

Local experts condemn Sunak’s draughty homes U-turn as likely to cost lives

Last week, the government announced it would not be raising the minimum energy efficiency standards of privately rented properties – which will leave thousands of renters living in cold homes.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Future of Cities

Illustration of solar panels feeding energy into community microgrids (credit: @laurence_ware_design)

People power: how can community electricity grids help tackle the energy crisis?

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Reports

Revealed: Over half of Bristol’s rental homes would fail to meet proposed new energy efficiency standard

Alex King
Alex King
A map of heat networks that will be created under Bristol's City Leap programme

Reports

Councillors sign off 20-year deal aimed at decarbonising Bristol’s energy networks

Councillors this week approved the two-decade City Leap partnership, paving the way for hundreds of millions of pounds to be invested into heat networks, retrofit and other renewable technologies in Bristol.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)
Image of Abi Hill, Loco Klub's venue manager, with programming manager Sam Patching (credit: Aphra Evans)

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Bristol venues brace for another challenging winter in face of energy and cost of living crises

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans and Joe Skirkowski

Features

October’s energy price cap rise fuels concern and community action

Joe Skirkowski

Reports

Image of a barn at Perrinpit Farm, Frampton Cotterell, which would become a bat house (Image: Perrinpit Road Solar Ltd/Savills)

Huge solar farm on green belt near Frampton Cotterell set for green light this week

Vast site on farmland just north of Bristol could power almost 15,000 homes, according to developers.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Opinion

Why community action is also needed to tackle the energy crisis

In the face of government inaction on the energy crisis, Bristol Energy Network has been organising grassroots action to stop people from falling into fuel poverty.

Rachel Moffat
Rachel Moffat (Bristol Energy Network)

Reports

Research reveals Bristol neighbourhoods most at risk from energy crisis

Climate group Friends of the Earth has identified Bristol communities with high energy usage and low household incomes, amid calls for meaningful action to prevent hardship in winter.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

City Leap: a billion pound leap of faith towards net zero?

The ambitious plan for private sector investment in cutting carbon was recently delayed again. After the recent Bristol Energy fiasco, City Leap is set to come under even greater scrutiny.

Adam Corner
Adam Corner

City

Council owned Bristol Energy put up for sale amid controversy

Opposition councillors are demanding a full inquiry into loss-making Bristol Energy after the city council put it up for sale.

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Features

Good money after bad? Bristol Energy’s spiralling losses

Market conditions have been killing off small private energy suppliers up and down the country. Bristol Energy is by no means immune and keeps on tapping council tax payers for more money in the wake of huge losses – so is it time the council-owned firm was wound up?

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