Posts by Liz Barling
Free slow cookers for Keynsham families
Families in Keynsham will be able to get a free slow cooker and energy advice thanks to a new project that’s just been awarded funding from the Bath and West Community Energy Fund. Keynsham Community Energy is collaborating with Keynsham Children’s Centre, B&NES Cook It team of dietitians and the Centre for Sustainable Energy to…
Read MoreThe cost of living crisis – our response
The hike in today’s energy price cap will see household gas and electricity bills top £3,500 a year. This will push millions of people in communities across the UK into fuel poverty, and many thousands of businesses will fold. Care homes and schools will be forced to choose between retaining and recruiting staff and heating…
Read MoreHelp and advice leaflets
Winters are tough. Rising fuel prices are a real challenge for households in Keynsham, as they are all over the country. We’ve got some really useful leaflets from our friends at the Centre for Sustainable Energy in Bristol, to help you keep warm and reduce your bills this winter. Please download and share them with…
Read MoreKeynsham Community Energy helps make homes more energy efficient
Local organisation Keynsham Community Energy has been helping Keynsham’s residents keep their homes warm this winter. Thanks to a grant from the Bath and West Community Energy Fund, the group has helped over 150 people to make their houses more energy efficient, by providing free draught-proofing products and advice leaflets. Volunteers from the group hosted…
Read MoreKCE response to Local Plan update
Keynsham Community Energy has submitted a response to Bath and Northeast Somerset Council’s Local Plan Partial Update. The Update considers a wide range of planning issues, but KCE has responded to the three that are most relevant to our work: sustainable construction, renewable energy (including wind turbines) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. You can read…
Read MoreFuel poverty awareness day
Today is Fuel Poverty Awareness Day. Keynsham Community Energy is supporting it, because everyone has the right to live in a warm and dry home. As the temperatures drop and winter approaches, it’s more important than ever that people know where to turn for help and support in staying warm at home. With Covid-19 affecting…
Read MoreIs green gas the future or just greenwash?
If the UK is going to achieve its target of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, it will have to decarbonise the heat network. In layman’s terms, that means all our gas boilers – and there are more than 20 million of them – will have to be either converted to ‘green’ gas, or…
Read MoreCovid-19 & the UK Climate Assembly
Transition Keynsham’s column in Keynsham Voice, July 2020 Across the UK, citizens are emerging into a world that’s both familiar and strange. As I write, we can see our families but not hug them. We can go to pubs but not swimming pools. Only some of our children are back at school, the majority stuck…
Read MoreLocal Electricity Bill
The Local Electricity Bill is a Private Member’s Bill currently making its way through Parliament. Its aim is to make it easier for local energy generators to become suppliers with the right to sell their electricity directly to local customers. This would have a hugely positive impact on community energy, which is why we’ve written…
Read MoreCity Leap and Bristol Energy Network open meeting
City Leap is an ambitious project to make Bristol a zero-carbon, smart energy city by 2030. Through a series of energy and infrastructure investment opportunities it aims to create a healthier and fairer city, create jobs, decarbonise the city and empower residents to take their future into their own hands. Currently, Bristol City Council is…
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