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Today we are going to be talking & celebrating all things community energy in the valleys.

Community ownership projects have great potential to bring people together, to give viability & sustainability to our communities & if we get the market changes we are pushing for, will also cut bills. Decisions are made democratically - one member, one vote. #cymunedoli

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‘We must ensure that the race to meet net zero does not lead to an extractive green economy, that delivers little for local communities and mirrors the mistakes of previous industrial revolutions in Wales.’ Lydia Godden

https://www.iwa.wales/our-work/work/sharing-power-spreading-wealth/

Sharing power, spreading wealth: Towards an equitable energy transition for Wales - Institute of Welsh Affairs

The Welsh government should set up a Wales Wealth Fund and set the terms of engagement with the commercial renewable energy to retain wealth in Wales, our research states.

Institute of Welsh Affairs

My Co-director of Community Energy Wales and I have issued a statement - we should not be in a recession!

“By failing to allow for local trading…the govt has prevented the growth of the community energy sector & stopped people being able to…cut their bills. During a cost of living crisis and now recession, this is unforgivable,” said Leanne Wood & Ben Ferguson

https://nation.cymru/news/westminster-government-has-dithered-and-failed-community-energy-wales/

Westminster Government has 'dithered and failed’ - Community Energy Wales

As the UK enters recession, the Co-directors of Community Energy Wales have criticised the Westminster Government for failing to make the most of opportunities to transform the Welsh economy through a green community revolution. Community Energy Wales, a not for profit membership organisation, aims to support and accelerate the transition to a low carbon and […]

Nation.Cymru

Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus.

Let there be love in the air today, and every day.

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Welsh independence: Leaving UK is viable, says new report

But experts warns Wales would face a "significant" challenge raising enough tax revenue.

BBC News

A big change to our society is on its way. It has to. The question is – how can we make sure people in this country benefit from this energy boom and are not left bust, as we have been so many times before?

Read about what Community Energy Wales is doing here:
https://nation.cymru/opinion/community-energy-offers-a-solution-to-wales-energy-concerns/

Community Energy offers a solution to Wales’ energy concerns

Leanne Wood & Ben Ferguson, Co-Executive Directors, Community Energy Wales Despondency and impotence are words which describe how many of us feel about the numerous and various problems, challenges, and threats we all face. It’s often frustrating to see and describe what is going wrong and despair about it. The challenge, then, is to know what practical […]

Nation.Cymru

Blwyddyn newydd dda.

Happy new year.

Here it is, Ynni Cymunedol Cymru | Community Energy Wales State of the Sector report 2023 (& some pics from our launch event at the Senedd hosted by Delyth Jewell AS/MS).

http://www.communityenergywales.org.uk/ycc-login/resources/state-of-the-sector-2023.pdf

Mae yma! Adroddiad Cyflwr y Sector yng Nghymru 2023.

Cymraeg: http://www.communityenergywales.org.uk/ycc-login/resources/cyflwr-y-sector-2023.pdf