Energy4All is a leading facilitator of community-owned renewable energy projects in the United Kingdom. The non-profit organisation is based in

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...

and was founded in 2002 by members of the UK's first wind co-op, the

Baywind Energy Co-operative Baywind Energy Co-operative was the first co-operative to own wind turbines in the United Kingdom. Baywind was modelled on the similar wind turbine cooperatives and other renewable energy co-operatives that are common in Scandinavia, and was foun ...

. It has gone on to raise over £100 million in capital on behalf of the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies that it supports through community share offerings. Energy4All is a private limited company and has helped create more than 30 community energy projects, including Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative and Boyndie Wind Farm Co-operative. Energy societies that are part of the Energy4All network include wind power, rooftop solar PV, ground mounted solar PV, biomass district heating and hydropower technology. The energy societies are shareholder members in Energy4All and help to support the development of new energy societies through their membership. One of the co-operatives it has created
Energy Prospects Co-operative
specialises in taking early stage co-operatives through the development and

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stages to the point where a community share offer, managed by Energy4All, can be launched to fund the project. Energy4All won an

Ashden Award Ashden is a London-based charity that works in the field of sustainable energy and Regional development, development. Its work includes the annual Ashden Awards, advocacy and research in the field of sustainable energy, and mentoring and practica ...

in 2012, and they were awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Community Energy Award b
Community Energy England
in 2018. Two members of Energy4All's Board of Directors, Annette Heslop and Mike Smyth, have been awarded an MBE for their services to the environment. Energy4All was elected to the board of REScoop the European Federation of renewable energy cooperatives in 2017 and is a participant in the MECISE project to develop a European cooperative energy investment fund.

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energy4all.co.uk
Community electricity generation in the United Kingdom Co-operatives in England Energy cooperatives Wind power companies of England

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