News
AURORA features in the Forest of Dean Spring Newsletter
The AURORA project is featured in the Forest of Dean Spring Newsletter, highlighting local success and plans for the Energy Community to continue beyond the
8 April 2025
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Lydney Solar PV Project Achieves Key Milestones
Lydney Leisure Centre (Source: Big Solar Co-op) The AURORA Project in the Forest of Dean started in 2022 with the aim of installing at least
4 December 2024
Article
An interview with AURORA project leads in the United Kingdom
Martin Brocklehurst, who leads the Communication Dissemination and Exploitation work for project AURORA, sat down with Emma-Jayne Williams (Forest of Dean Local Authority) and Megan
18 September 2024
Denmark
The use of thermography in detecting energy wastage and engaging citizens – highlights and lessons from AURORA
The AURORA programme has seen thermal photography used in different ways to engage citizens in the AURORA demo sites. This article will share the thermal photography activities that have taken place across demo sites in the UK, Spain, Denmark and Slovenia.
15 May 2024
News
Local community centre hosts thermal imaging demonstration event in Forest of Dean
Supported by the AURORA project, Forest Community Energy volunteers are developing a thermal imaging engagement project centred around a local community centre – the Sling
23 February 2024
News
AURORA Forest of Dean attends the Big Solar Gathering
In November, members of the AURORA Forest of Dean (AURORA FOD) team from Forest of Dean District Council and the Centre for Sustainable Energy attended
23 February 2024
News
Launch of LinkedIn Citizen science climate change discussion group
Project AURORA has created an OPEN Citizen Science Discussion Group on Climate Change Anyone can join and express their views on how citizen science can
23 February 2024
Event
Forest Community Energy public engagement event – a great success!
On Saturday 23rd September at Lydney Community Centre, Forest Community Energy (FCE) held a public event of workshops and talks about community energy, supported by
23 February 2024
Testimonial
Mark Topping: A Politician’s Story from the Forest of Dean
Interview with Mark Topping, member of Forest Energy Community Initiative, Forest of Dean District Councillor for Lydney West & Aylburton and Chair of Aylburton Parish
18 May 2023
Story
Operating an Air Source Heat Pump
We reported that our home, the Old Post Office Kempley Green, Kempley, Gloucestershire (within the Forest of Dean AURORA Demonstration Pilot Area) became fossil fuel
8 February 2023
Story
Now Fossil Fuel Free
Our home, the Old Post Office Kempley Green, Kempley, Gloucestershire (within the Forest of Dean AURORA Demonstration Pilot Area) is now fossil fuel free. We
12 December 2022
UK
Presentation to the Gloucestershire Association of Parish and Town Council
Project AURORA is reaching out beyond its Pilot Area in the Forest of Dean to inform over 260 Parish and Town Councils in the County
4 November 2022
