Guidance
Community Energy Fund projects (February 2025)
Updated 4 April 2025
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CEF funded projects (correct as of 27 February 2025).
| Local Net Zero Hub region | Community group | CEF grant value | Technology | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater South East | Energise Sussex Coast | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Crowhurst Solar Farm |
| Greater South East | Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-op (BHESCo) | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Energy Ovingdean - Wind turbines, energy audits, solar PV |
| Greater South East | Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation (LGCHF) | £40,000 | Building retrofit | Retrofit Guidance for Letchworth Garden City Residents |
| Greater South East | Oxford Waterside Management Company Limited | £34,100 | Solar photo voltaic | Decarbonisation of heat and power for homes and grid edge optimisation |
| Greater South East | Hornesey Vale Community Association | £34,150 | Ground source heat pump (GSHP) | Hornsey Vale CC Low Carbon |
| Greater South East | MAD LEAP Micro AD | £98,800 | Anaerobic digestion | SOURCE Micro AD for Schools Food Waste |
| Greater South East | Ouse Valley Energy Services Company CIC | £37,100 | Multiple technology assessment | Stage 1 Peacehaven Community Buildings |
| Greater South East | Repowering Kensington | £39,990 | Solar photo voltaic | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - School buildings |
| Greater South East | Community Energy Newham | £40,000 | Ground source heat pump (GSHP) | London Borough of Newham - Community owned heat pump for new heat network |
| Greater South East | Repowering LB Lambeth | £39,729 | Building retrofit | The High, Lambeth - Block of flats retrofit |
| Greater South East | Westmill Wind Farm Co-op | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Asset assessment and future options study |
| Greater South East | Possible CIO LB Camden | £39,575 | Ground source heat pump (GSHP) | GSHP network for homes and community building in Camden |
| Greater South East | Sydney Street and District Residents’ Association (SSDRA) | £39,400 | Ground source heat pump (GSHP) | GSHP and DHN for Sydney Street Area |
| Greater South East | Heating Bildeston CIC | £40,000 | Ground source heat pump (GSHP) | Decarbonising Community Buildings in Bildeston |
| Greater South East | GUCE Three Rivers | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Three Rivers Solar Car Parks |
| Greater South East | GUCE Kings Langley | £100,000 | Heat Network | Heating Kings Langley |
| Greater South East | Norwich Business Improvement District | £38,433 | Solar photo voltaic | Consensus Power / Norwich Solar System |
| Greater South East | Ouse Valley Energy Services Company C.I.C. | £93,800 | Solar photo voltaic | The Bevern Trust Renewable Energy System |
| Greater South East | Thames Community Hydro | £35,500 | Hydro electricity | Molesley Weir Hydro |
| Greater South East | Croydon Community Energy | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Solar for Four Croydon Community Sites |
| Greater South East | SE1 Solar | £39,696 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Solar for Kipling Estates |
| Greater South East | Flagship Group | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Retrofit PV & Battery at scale for housing association |
| Greater South East | MaidEnergy Ltd | £100,000 | Hydro electricity | Marlow Weir Hydro |
| Greater South East | Grantchester Parish Council | £100,000 | Water source heat pumps | Granchester District Heat Network |
| Greater South East | Saffron Walden Community Energy | £40,000 | Air source heat pumps | Littlebury Energy Project |
| Greater South East | Community Energy Newham | £39,938 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Solar System |
| Greater South East | Repowering - Lynmouth | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Lynmouth Road Street level Community Solar |
| Greater South East | The Felix Project | £39,950 | Anaerobic digestion | Micro AD for Food Waste |
| Greater South East | Energise South Society | £39,900 | Solar photo voltaic | Bexhill Microgrid |
| Greater South East | Energise South Downs | £73,830 | Solar photo voltaic | Broadway Park Community Solar |
| Greater South East | SaveEnergy CBS | £40,000 | Multiple technology assessment | Community Retrofit Hub |
| Greater South East | Caterham Barracks Community Trust | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Decarbonising Caterham Barracks |
| Greater South East | Hook Norton Low Carbon | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Hook Norton Smart Energy System (HNSES) |
| Greater South East | Luton Community Energy Trust | £38,153 | Solar photo voltaic | Luton Community Solar |
| Greater South East | Power Up North London (PUNL) | £40,000 | Air source heat pumps | NMU Hospital Low carbon Heating System |
| Greater South East | Hanger Hill Garden Estate | £24,425 | Solar photo voltaic | Shared Community Solar Power |
| Greater South East | Hardwick Community Energy CBS | £34,100 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Solar for Hardwick Estate |
| Greater South East | Essex Community Energy CIC | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Solar and Storage for Essex Villages |
| Greater South East | Sustainable Energy 24 | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Decarbonisation of London South East Academies Trust buildings |
| Greater South East | RAFT – Retrofit Action for Tomorrow CIC | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Building decarbonisation for Hackney Schools |
| Greater South East | East Preston Energy CIC | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | East Preston Energy Solar |
| Greater South East | Heat Clanfield CIO | £40,000 | Heat Network | Heat Clanfield |
| Greater South East | Nassington Parish Council | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Nassington Energy and Thermal (NEAT) |
| Greater South East | Glyme Valley CIC | £39,500 | Solar photo voltaic | Glyme Valley Village Soiar Farms |
| Greater South East | Forest Row Investment Co | £39,250 | Solar photo voltaic | Renewable Energy for Forest Row |
| Greater South East | Calleva Community Energy | £66,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Enbourne Community Solar Farm |
| Greater South East | Crick Parish Council | £39,951 | Solar photo voltaic | Decarbonising Crick Village |
| South West | Bath and West Community Energy | £39,953 | Wind | BWCE Project 1 |
| South West | Bath and West Community Energy | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Homewood Farm |
| South West | Bath and West Community Energy | £40,000 | Not Applicable as a Type B project | BWCE local supply |
| South West | Exeter Community Energy | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Exeter Community Energy |
| South West | Bristol Energy Co-op | £39,825 | Solar photo voltaic and wind | BEC project 1 |
| South West | Bristol Energy Co-op | £39,521 | Solar photo voltaic | BEC project 2 |
| South West | Dorset Community Energy | £40,000 | Not Applicable as a Type B project | Dorset Community Energy |
| South West | South West Cooperative Development Trust | £26,338 | Ground source heat network | South West Cooperative Development Trust |
| South West | Resilience Network CIC | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic and battery | Bristol Solar Challenge |
| South West | Burnham and Weston CIC | £36,350 | Not Applicable as a Type B project | Burnham & Weston energy advice and bulk buy |
| South West | Ermington Church | £270 | Solar photo voltaic | Ermington Church (project closed) |
| South West | Nadder Community Energy | £19,200 | Solar photo voltaic | Nadder Community Energy |
| South West | Love the Future CIC | £25,040 | Solar photo voltaic | Love the Future CIC |
| South West | Dartington Recreation Association | £39,534 | Solar photo voltaic | Dartington Rec |
| South West | Communities for Renewables | £39,908 | Wind | Communities for Renewables |
| South West | Thames Head Community Energy | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Thames Head CE |
| South West | Three Seas Cornwall | £39,775 | Solar photo voltaic | Three Seas Cornwall |
| South West | Zero North Wiltshire CBS | £99,975 | Solar photo voltaic | Zero North Wiltshire |
| South West | Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE) | £39,500 | Solar photo voltaic | Bath and West Community Energy Project 4 |
| South West | Severn Wye Energy Agency | £39,925 | Solar photo voltaic | Severn Wye Energy Agency |
| South West | Isles of Scilly Community Venture (IOSCV) CIC | £40,000 | Heat Network | Isles of Scilly Community Venture |
| South West | Bristol Energy Co-operative (BEC) | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | BEC Project 4 |
| South West | Frome Renewable Energy Community Ltd (FRECO) | £14,525 | Solar photo voltaic | FRECO Frome Community Hospital |
| South West | Green Isle of Wight CIC | £14,650 | Battery | Green Isle of Wight |
| South West | Cheddar Community Partnership | £40,000 | Hydro electricity | Cheddar Hydro |
| South West | Bath and West Community Energy | £100,000 | Wind | BWCE project 1 Stage 2 |
| South West | Plymouth Energy Community | £39,544 | Solar photo voltaic | Plymouth Energy Community |
| South West | Bristol Energy Cooperative | £100,000 | Wind | BEC Project 2 Stage 2 |
| South West | Bath and West Community Energy | £99,916 | Solar photo voltaic | Homewood Stage 2 |
| Midlands | Acocks Greener | £30,000 | Solar | Acocks Greener Solar Power Energy Club |
| Midlands | Baslow Environment Project Ltd | £38,730 | Hydro | Baslow Hydropower on River Derwent |
| Midlands | Bayston Hill Parish Council | £39,000 | Ground source heat pumps and EV charging | Bayston Hill net zero pavillion with ground source heat pumps and EV charging |
| Midlands | Belper Community Energy | £38,730 | Wind and Solar | Belper Community Renewable Energy Generation- Wind and Solar |
| Midlands | Bewdley Development Trust | £100,000 | Heat network | Transition Bewdley (Development Trust) heat network |
| Midlands | Bradgate Park Trust | £25,929.80 | Wind turbine | Bradgate Park Trust wind turbine and energy efficiency of the trust visitor centre |
| Midlands | Chetwynd Community Forum | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic and Battery. | Chetwynd Community Forum Solar PV and Battery. |
| Midlands | Crowle CIC (Formerly Crowle Parish Council) | £100,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Crowle Community Energy Solar PV |
| Midlands | Darley Community Energy | £40,000 | Hydro | Darley Communty Energy Hydropower on River Derwent |
| Midlands | Derbyshire Dales Community Energy | £40,000 | Solar Car Parks | Derbyshire Dales Solar Car Parks |
| Midlands | Green Fox Solar for Schools | £100,000 | Solar | Green Fox Solar for Schools Stage 3 |
| Midlands | Grimsby Community Energy | £39,858.46 | Battery Microgrid | Grimsby Community Energy Battery Microgrid |
| Midlands | Hope Valley Renewables | £39,600 | Retrofit and energy efficiency advice | Hope Valley retrofit and energy efficiency advice hub |
| Midlands | Leicester Community Links CIC | £31,200 | Advice hub | Leicester Community Links CIC faith based climate action advice hub |
| Midlands | Mozes Wisegrid CIC | £40,000 | Battery microgrid peer2peer trading | Mozes Wisegrid CIC battery microgrid peer2peer trading |
| Midlands | Sincil Community CIC | £36,200 | Wind and solar | Sincil Community CIC renewable energy generation wind and solar |
| Midlands | Staffordshire Community Energy | £39,500 | Solar photo voltaic | South Staffordshire Community Energy NHS solar PV generation |
| Midlands | Staffordshire Community Energy | £100,000 | Solar photo voltaic | South Staffordshire Community Energy NHS solar PV generation |
| Midlands | Starley Housing Co-op | £40,000 | Decarbonisation of homes | Starley Housing Co-op decarbonisation of homes |
| Midlands | Teversal, Stanton Hill & Skegby Neighbourhood Forum | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Teversal, Stanton Hill & Skegby solar pv |
| Midlands | Retrofit Balsall Heath x Balsall Heath Is Our Planet partnership (RBH x BHIOP) | £40,000 | Retrofit feasibility study- type B. | Balsall Heath Retrofit feasibility study- type B. |
| Midlands | Claverdon Parish Council | £40,000 | Solar farm | Claverdon Parish Council community owned solar farm. |
| North East | Broomhaugh & Riding Parish Council | £29,900 | Hydro power | Tynedale Hydro Electric Project |
| North East | Northumberland Community Energy Ltd | £26,620 | Solar Thermal | NCEL North Northumberland |
| North East | Northumberland Community Energy Ltd | £29,160 | Solar Thermal | NCEL West Northumberland |
| North East | Spennymoor Town Council | £35,500 | Solar photo voltaic | Spennymoor Solar Array |
| North East | Todmorden Community Energy Limited | £10,000 | Wind | Todmorden Community Energy |
| North East | York Community Energy | £19,534 | Solar photo voltaic | Solar Cities York - Stage 1 |
| North East | SY Ecofit CIC | £40,000 | Multi technology approaches | Pathway to Net Zero |
| North East | Norham Development Trust Ltd | £100,000 | Other | SY Ecofit |
| North East | The Ouseburn Trust | £39,700 | EV, heat pump, solar PV, battery storage | The Ouseburn Trust |
| North East | CERT CIC | £39,999.20 | Solar PV | CERT CIC |
| North East | East Durham Community Development Trust Ltd | £99,410 | Solar PV and wind power | East Durham Community Development Trust Stage 2 Project |
| North East | East Durham Community Development Trust Ltd | £39,730 | Anaerobic digestion | East Durham Community Development Trust Stage 1 Project |
| North East | Weardale Renewable Energy CIC | £39,850 | Solar PV and Battery storage | Weardale Renewable Energy CIC |
| North East | Sycamore Net Zero CIC | £27,050 | Heat pump-fed heat networks and battery storage | Hexham Feasibility Study |
| North East | York Community Energy | £18,608 | Solar PV | Solar City York Phase 2 |
| North East | Sheriff Hutton Village Hall | £11,340 | EV, Heat pump, battery storage | Decarbonising the Village Hall |
| North East | Sheffield Renewables | £40,000 | Solar PV, Wind power and battery storage | Sheffield Renewables – PV and Wind |
| North East | Two Churches One Town (TCOT) | £40,000 | Heat Pumps. Solar PV, Battery Storage and EV | NetZero Projects |
| North East | SY Ecofit CIC | £40,000 | Type B project | Retrofit vs Technologies |
| North East | Northern Community Power CIC | £21,720 | Solar PV | Community Owned Solar PV |
| North East | SY Ecofit CIC | £40,000 | Anaerobic digestion and green hydrogen production | Green Hydrogen |
| North East | Yorspace | £39,978 | Heat Pumps. Solar PV, Battery Storage and EV and Virtual Power Plant Systems | Lowfield Green |
| North East | Grange Villa Community Enterprise | £76,690 | Hydro power | Twizell Burn Hydropower |
| North East | School for Sustainable Living CIC | £30,000 | Hydro power | School for Sustainable Living CIC |
| North East | Sustainable Arts in Leeds CIC (SAIL) | £34,820 | Solar PV | Sustainable Arts in Leeds CIC (SAIL) |
| North East | End Energy Poverty CIC | £39,999.20 | Solar PV | End Energy Poverty CIC |
| North East | SADACCA (Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association) | £36,750 | Solar PV | SADACCA |
| North East | St Andrew Housing Co-operative (The Co-op) | £39,788.40 | EV, Heat pumps, Heat pump-fed heat networks, Solar PV and Battery Storage | St Andrew Housing Co-operative (The Co-op) |
| North East | Canopy Housing | £32,950 | Heat pumps and Solar PV | Canopy Housing |
| North East | The Green Estate | £39,730 | Biomass heat network, Solar PV | The Green Estate |
| North East | Castle Howard Foundation | £40,000 | Heat pump-fed heat networks | Coneysthorpe Geothermal Heat Network Project |
| North East | CERT CIC | £86,619.20 | Solar PV | CERT CIC Stage 2 |
| North East | Todmorden Community Energy | £23,200 | Hydro power | Todmorden Community Energy |
| North East | The Rural Design Centre | £39,555 | Solar PV | The Rural Design Centre |
| North East | Circular Malton and Norton CIC (CMN CIC) | £40,000 | Solar thermal, Windpower and Solar PV | Circular Malton Eden Energy |
| North East | York Community Energy | £96,206 | Solar PV | Solar City York Stage 2 |
| North East | National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME) | £39,793 | Heat pump-fed heat networks | NCMME |
| North West | Dane Valley Community Energy | £40,000 | Hydro power | Congleton Park Hydro |
| North West | Transition Tattenhall | £23,230 | Solar photo voltaic | Distributed Solar PV |
| North West | Green Finance Community Hub | £40,000 | Wind | Project Collette, Community-owned Offshore Wind Farm |
| North West | Greater Manchester Community Renewables | £22,955 | Solar photo voltaic | Greater Manchester Community Renewables |
| North West | Community Energy Preston | £25,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Energy Preston, Community Owned Solar |
| North West | Dane Valley Community Energy | £51,605 | Hydro power | Congleton Park Solar and Hydro |
| North West | YnNi Newydd | £99,538 | Solar photo voltaic | Bretton Hall Solar Farm |
| North West | Rossendale Valley Energy | £99,887 | Solar photo voltaic | Net Zero Terrace Street |
| North West | CHASE CIC | £40,000 | Hydro power | Chester Hydro Hub |
| North West | MORE Renewables Ltd | £35,138 | Air source heat pumps | Yealand Heat Network |
| North West | Neston Community Energy Ltd | £37,825 | Solar photo voltaic | Clayhill Industrial Estate Solar Park |
| North West | Silverdale Parish Council | £30,525 | EV infrastructure - generation | Sustainable Transport Study for a Community Energy Asset Project involving Electric Vehicle Infrastructure |
| North West | Alt Housing Cooperative Ltd | £76,507 | Solar photo voltaic | Alt Housing Coop, Renewable energy for Terraced Streets |
| North West | Nantwich Mill Community Energy | £75,120 | Hydro power | Mill Street Sluice, Hydro Generation |
| North West | The Neighbourhood Services Company | £38,500 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Solar Farm |
| North West | Bretherton Parish Council | £45,200 | Wind | Bretherton Energy Partnership, Wind Turbine |
| North West | Springhill Hospice Rochdale | £39,900 | Solar photo voltaic | Larkins Farm Community Owned Solar Farm |
| North West | Stockport Hydro Ltd | £24,895 | Heat Network | Marple Memorial Park Heat Network |
| North West | CORE | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | Community Owned Renewable Energy |
| North West | Groundwork Greater Manchester | £40,000 | Wind | Hopwood Hall College Wind Turbine |
| North West | Halton Lune Hydro with Lancaster Cohousing | £40,000 | Heat Network | Fruit of the Lune, Community Heat and Electricity |
| North West | Transition Wilmslow | £40,000 | Solar photo voltaic | The Sun Pays, Community Owned Solar |
| North West | Zero Carbon Liverpool City Region | £35,930 | Solar photo voltaic | Solar Supermarkets |
| North West | Dane Valley Community Energy | £23,640 | Hydro power | Congleton Park Hydro |
| North West | Lymm Community Energy | £15,900 | Solar photo voltaic | Wildersmoor Hall Solar Farm |
| North West | Prospects Community Energy | £23,500 | Solar photo voltaic | Coach Road Solar Meadow |
| North West | Prospects Community Energy | £10,350 | Solar photo voltaic | Coach Road Solar Meadow |