Community Energy Fortnight 2023
We're delighted to confirm that CEF 2023 will start on 10 June and will run until 23 June. More information about this year's theme and focus will be announced in January.
Community Energy Fortnight 2022
Last year's CEF finished on 24 June and the theme was Efficiency First.
You can browse the hashtags #EfficiencyFirst and #CEF2022 to look back through Twitter 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 CEF 2022 by hosting events - thank you!
Recordings of as many events as possible, will be available in our CEF 2022 YouTube playlist.
Blogs
We love reading and sharing the sector's wide-ranging thoughts and opinions on the energy transition, social benefits, renewable technologies, policy, and much more, and we're grateful to the people and organisations who countributed blogs to CEF 2022:
- Dan Curtis, BHESCo
- Vic Wakefield-Jarrett, Centre of Sustainable Energy
- Keith Hempshall, Centre for Sustainable Energy
- Matthew Clayton, Thrive Renewables
- Jodie Giles, Innovate UK
Thank you to our sponsors and supporters
Thank you to Thrive Renewables for sponsoring Community Energy Fortnight 2022.
Bristol City Council sponsored our summer conference, and we thank them and all our junior sponsors for their support and interest in promoting the community energy movement.
Resources
We have collated useful energy advice resources on our Energy Efficency How To page.
Community Energy Fortnight News

Where to start with retrofitting your home
Written by Vic Wakefield-Jarrett, Senior Project Worker at CSE Among the work …
Impact Community Carbon Calculator – inspiring action on energy
Written by Keith Hempshall, Director of Local & Community Empowerment at the …
Ambition Community Energy to build England’s tallest onshore wind turbine with funding from Thrive Renewables
Written by Matthew Clayton, Managing Director, Thrive RenewablesWe believe in a …
We the Power – A business’s responsibility to restore power to the people
We the Power – A business’s responsibility to restore power to the people …