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Energy and energy supply have been in the news recently with concerns over whether Northern Ireland will face a shortage if the Inter-Connector is not built. Sadly what this and the majority of discu...

Community Energy NI will be taking in the Northern Ireland Community Energy (NICE) AGM later this month. The AGM will include a discussion on community energy with confirmed speakers Lauri McCusker, ...

Community Energy NI has featured in Scope NI’s series of exploring big economic ideas from NICVA’s Centre for Economic Empowerment’s Festival of Economics. In the article Communit...

  Community Energy NI were delighted to take part in NICVA’s ‘Big Ideas: Festival of Economics’ in August. The event brought together key speakers, workshops and conversations...

The Northern Ireland parties’ General Election manifestos have outlines a limited reference to the theme of Community Energy. However, there are some particularly interesting commitments in the...

Communities and Energy: The Role of Councils in Northern Ireland Reform of local government presents an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between communities and energy In light of new counc...

Shared Ownership Presents Opportunities for Communities The work of the Shared Ownership Taskforce provides a framework which Northern Ireland could put into practice The Community Energy Strategy wh...

Development of Renewable Energy on Public Land  Communities must be an integral part of plans to develop wind farms on Forest Service land The development of renewable energy on public land in N...

Community Energy: A Way Forward for Community and Voluntary Groups in NI  The third sector must find ways to make it more sustainable.  Community energy presents an opportunity of doing so....