Community Energy Fortnight 2025
Community Energy Fortnight is a vibrant nationwide campaign reaching thousands of people and involving hundreds of organisations and it is a great opportunity to make your organisation's activities visible within the local community and show the rest of the sector, and important stakeholders, what community energy is all about.
This year's focus was on unlocking investment to help communities take control of their energy future.
Community Energy Fortnight 2025, sponsored by Ethex, Thrive Renewables, SP Energy Networks and Triodos Bank, was an extraordinary two weeks, filled with insightful events, informative webinars, engaging social media and exciting news and announcements.
You can browse the hashtags #InvestInCommunityEnergy and #CEF2025 to look back through BlueSky and LinkedIn activity from the Fortnight.
Events
There were a wide range of events during the Fortnight - so many of our members and supporters got involved with Fortnight 2025 by hosting events - thank you!
CEE hosted two events in Community Energy Fortnight - our summer conference, in collaboration with NGED and an online event in collaboration with Younity and the Energy Learning Network, showcasing the newly upgraded Community Energy Connect Platform. Resources from these events are available to download here.
Our fantastic members and friends held 40+ events during the Fortnight, including several site tours and networking events. We are grateful to all organisations whose events added to the success of the Fortnight both online and in person.
Links to recordings of online events sent to us by members and friends will be available below.
News & Blogs
We love reading and sharing the sector's wide-ranging thoughts and opinions on community energy, and we're grateful to the people and organisations who contributed news and blogs for Fortnight 2025.
CEE - Communities given new power to shape onshore wind
Thrive Renewables - Why shared ownership can be a win-win for both developers and communities
Mica Janiv, OVESCO - It’s Your Energy Too: How Community Power Works (and Why It’s Brilliant)
Thrive Renewables and Triodos Bank - Community energy: a shared vision
Lucy Burrell, Renewable Exchange - Securing the Best Price for Your Power
Connie Duxbury, Croydon Community Energy - Starting a community energy group in your area
Resources
Ethex - Raising Finance for Your Community Energy Project
Ethex - A Guide to Community Shares, IFISAs & Ethical Bonds
Ethex - Marketing Your Offer & Working with Ethex
SP Energy Networks - Ashton Hayes Case Study
SP Energy Networks - Ynni Ogwen Case Study
SP Energy Networks - Edinburgh Solar Co op Case Study
Thank you to our sponsors
Thank you to Ethex, Thrive Renewables, SP Energy Networks and Triodos Bank for sponsoring Fortnight 2025.
Community Energy Fortnight News
SP Energy Networks case study film series
SP Energy Networks is proud to be a supporting partner of Community Energy Fortnight …
A case study of the Big Solar Co-op's first Bond Offer
In late June 2025, Big Solar Co-op launched its first-ever bond offer via the Ethex i …
Community energy: a shared vision
By Triodos Bank UK and Thrive RenewablesAt a time when the climate emergency demand …
Communities given new power to shape onshore wind
8th July 2025:One year on from the lifting of England’s onshore wind ban, …