About Community Energy England
We are the voice for community energy
Who we are
Working nationally for local impact
Community Energy England is the national voice of the community energy sector, representing organisations from across the community, public, and private sectors all working to put people at the heart of energy system transformation.
We work with our members to help create a fair and zero-carbon energy system through the growth of community energy.
Meet our team or find out more about membership.
What we do
Our vision
…is a thriving community energy sector integrated into, and truly powering, a fair, zero-carbon energy system for all of England and beyond.
Our mission
…is to create the conditions for community energy to thrive and scale.
Delivered by
…being a collaborative and value-driven membership association committed to growing the scale and impact of the community energy sector.
Our strategic pillars
To deliver our mission, we focus on four areas of activity
Influence
Advocating for a policy and regulatory environment that supports significant growth of community energy
Our priorities for 2025-2027 are
- Driving growth: Ensuring GB Energy and the Local Power Plan deliver meaningful support for community energy expansion
- Shaping policy: Influencing priority policies and legislation beyond the Local Power Plan
- Building awareness: Raising the profile of community energy to inspire border public and policy support
Find out more about our policy & campaigns
Engage
Working with a range of partners to increase demand for collaborating with and investing in community energy
Our priorities for 2025-2027 are
- Fostering partnerships: Building trusted national and regional relationships for community energy
- Enhancing financing: Improving access to financing and finding solutions for community energy
- Unlocking opportunities: Providing access to national and regional opportunities and services
Find out about the latest funding opportunities.
Enable
Ensuring community energy organisations across England have access to the resources, support and skills needed to grow in capacity, scale and impact
Our priorities for 2025-2027 are
- Facilitating growth: Delivering training and support to help organisations grow
- Accelerating development: Setting up support services to simplify and accelerate project development
- Proving value: Demonstrating the impacts and local benefits of community energy
Find out more about some of the projects we are involved in. Other ways we deliver these priorities are through our events, discussion forums, working groups, and resources. All of our activity is informed through our data and research, such as the annual state of the sector.
Thrive
Ensuring Community Energy England is a strong and sustainable organisation that can serve the community energy sector into the future
Our priorities for 2025-2027 are
- Expanding membership: Increasing the number and scale of our members
- Securing stability: Establishing stable funding streams to support strategy delivery
- Building capacity: Attracting and retaining the staff needed to deliver CEE’s strategy, with access to the necessary knowledge and skills
Learn more about our members, team and governance.
Our values
Our values drive our action
We ensure that all of our work is informed by and aligned with the following values
Informed by our members
Our work is informed by the insight and experience of our members and we aim to use our knowledge in the most efficient way
Connected for impact
We are collaborative, communicative and approachable, working with other associations and networks across the UK and energy, climate, co-operative and social enterprise sectors to increase our impact
Enabling growth
We remain open to new opportunities, striving to improve, to be bold, and to lead the way, ensuring that we set our direction to best enable the growth of community energy
Solutions through cooperation
We value diverse perspectives and believe that ideas and solutions are best achieved through cooperation among community members, stakeholders, and wider experts
How we are funded
Helping us to enable the sector
Community Energy England is a not-for-profit organisation funded by charitable grants, membership fees, project delivery, and event sponsorship. We are grateful to all organisations who contribute financially to our work to support the sector and help it grow. Join us, sponsor an event or include us in relevant projects to contribute to the community energy sector’s growth and impact.
CEE projects
Projects we deliver
We shape, support, and deliver a range of projects and campaigns that help us to create the conditions for community energy to thrive and scale. These are projects that operate at a national scale, have been identified as a support need or gap by our members, or connect to core expertise within our team. We work in partnership with national, regional and member organisations to share learning across projects, ensure that projects bring value to the sector, and enable us to focus on what we are uniquely placed to deliver.
