Brighton Energy Co-operative

Brighton Energy Limited

Type	Consumer Co-operative
Industry	Renewable Energy
Founded	15 November 2010
Headquarters	Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom
Key people	Will Cottrell, Chair
Website	brightonenergy.org.uk

Brighton Energy Co-operative is a cooperative based in Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom that operates renewable energy plants. It is incorporated as a Community Benefit Society under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. Live operations include 132 kWp of photovoltaic solar panels, installed in 2012, located across three sites in the city: St George's Church in Kemptown, City Coast Church in Portslade and the Hove Enterprise Centre at Shoreham Port.

In 2013, it launched a second community share offer to raise up to £616,000 to purchase and install up to 565 kWp of photovoltaic capacity, mainly on huge sheds at Shoreham.^[1]

Since then more than 400 people have joined BEC and the coop has raised more than £1.5m of community investment. BEC has installed on many buildings in and around Brighton and Hove (see a map here), including:

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) - 100kWp

Infinity Foods, Portslade - 90kWp

University of Brighton Hillbrow Sports Centre - 120kWp

University of Brighton, Varley Halls - 30KWp

Hove Enterprise Centre, Hove - 87kWp

Big Lemon Solar Bus Depot - 30kWp

Shed 3a, Shoreham Port - 200kWp

Shed 10, Shoreham Port - 212kWp

St George's Church, Brighton - 10kWp

BCMY, Littlehampton - 60kWp

Park Gate, Hove - 100kWp

Maidstone United FC - 140kWp

RT Page & Sons - 100kWp

City Coast Church, Portslade - 37kWp

Brighton EarthShip, Brighton - 3kWp

Refine Metals, Chiddingfold - 177kWp

Medisort, Littlehampton, 60kWp

University of Brighton Robert Dodd annex - 30kWp

Moulescoomb Forest Garden - 4kWp