Organisations focused on energy efficiency support - such as the Home Energy Advice Team in Surrey - provide a fantastic service to residents, helping residents to cut energy bills, keep their homes cosy and free of damp and mould (in turn reducing pressure on local health services), and reduce carbon emissions from our homes. 

 

SCE on the other hand, is focused on energy generation, which adds another array of benefits to Surrey's communities and businesses. Community Energy England have produced a short paper on the importance and benefits of community energy

• Create energy security and resilience for Surrey

• Help charities, community groups and frontline services lower overheads

• Provide predictable costs for businesses at lower-than-grid rate

• Genuinely sustainable portfolio option with stable returns for investors

• Reduce carbon emissions from commercial buildings and industry, which account for about 26% of Surrey emissions

• Increase resource efficiency with unused rooftops creating electricity for local use and reducing transmission loss 

• Boost the local economy with job creation, upskilling, and installation opportunities 

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Don't just take our word for it though! Every year, Community Energy England publishes its 'State of The Sector report, and every year the impressive statistics just keep growing! 

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You can see the support for community energy schemes by looking at the amount of power created, investment secured or put back into local economies, and the number of new jobs created by community energy. In 2023 alone State of The Sector reported...

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