Supporting our energy community to self-organise – what have we learnt?
As we enter into the last year of the AURORA programme, it is important that we support our energy community Forest Community Energy build a
17 April 2025
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Forest Community Energy – where are we now?
Since December 2024, the AURORA Forest of Dean team with the support of facilitators at Holding the Space have been on a journey to help
17 April 2025
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Students explore the impact of apps on behaviour change
UK demo-site partner CSE hosted a workshop centred around the use of apps to shift attitudes and drive behaviour change towards less carbon-intensive lifestyles at
16 April 2025
News
Community Solar Installed at The Speech House Hotel
The Forest of Dean has its first Big Solar Co-op community solar installation completed, generating clean, renewable energy at The Speech House Hotel. The installation
17 Februar 2025
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Forest Community Energy: The Way Forward
Since 2021, AURORA has supported Forest Community Energy (FCE) to get out into the community and deliver meaningful events, workshops, and training, as well as
17 Februar 2025
Unlocking community energy at scale: Forest Community Energy member responds to government inquiry
Forest Community Energy (FCE) member and AURORA Ambassador Helen Jeffrey has responded to the UK Government’s “Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Inquiry: Unlocking Community
11 Februar 2025
Forest Community Energy host visit from Octopus Energy
Forest Community Energy (FCE) and the AURORA Forest of Dean team organised and hosted an exciting event in October with Octopus Energy – one of
11 November 2024
Forest Community Energy hosts a drop-in Solar Energy Information Day
The AURORA Forest of Dean team supported Forest Community Energy (FCE) volunteers to host a Drop-in Solar Energy Information Day at The Main Place –
14 Oktober 2024
Forest Community Energy’s Priority Asks
The AURORA Forest of Dean project has supported Forest Community Energy to develop a set of “Priority Asks” for Forest of Dean District Council. The
23 August 2024
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AURORA Forest of Dean participates in Rural Climathon
Earlier this year, the AURORA Forest of Dean team and members of the energy community (Forest Community Energy) took part in a ‘Rural Climathon’. This
8 Juli 2024
Article
AURORA Forest of Dean interviews Big Solar Coop
Amy Staff from the Centre for Sustainable Energy caught up with Noel Lambert, the Big Solar Co-op’s Community and Content Lead to discuss some highlights
5 Juni 2024
Promoting the AURORA Energy Tracker app in the Forest of Dean
Given an initial slow uptake of the AURORA Energy Tracker app in the Forest of Dean, the AURORA FOD team have designed a promotional campaign
30 Mai 2024
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Learnings from the thermal imaging camera loan pilot scheme in Forest of Dean.
Following a thermal imaging demonstration event at the Sling Club, a local community space in the Forest of Dean, AURORA Forest of Dean and Forest
2 Mai 2024
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AURORA Forest of Dean hosts energy advice events at local community centre
AURORA Forest of Dean and Forest Community Energy (FCE) volunteers held two “Energy Café” style events at a local community centre – the Sling &
12 März 2024
News
Thermal imaging loan service – getting ready for launch
The Forest of Dean AURORA pilot have purchased two thermal imaging cameras that will be loaned out to the Energy Community developing in the Forest
16 Februar 2024
Event
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
19 Januar 2024
Event
Forest Community Energy public engagement event – a great success!
In September 2023, at Lydney Community Centre, Forest Community Energy (FCE) held a public event of workshops and talks about community energy, supported by the
19 Januar 2024
News
Energy community ‘Forest Energy Community Initiative’ established
In the Forest of Dean, we have established the ‘Forest Energy Community Initiative’ a network and community of people who want to reduce carbon and
18 Mai 2023
News
Solar PV energy to power leisure centre and school in Lydney
Last year the Forest of Dean District Council and a leisure centre and school in the town of Lydney signed a green Memorandum of Understanding,
18 Mai 2023
Event
Community Drop in Events at the Forest of Dean
Once our website and social media channels were established, team members of the AURORA project in the Forest of Dean delivered regular face to face
18 Mai 2023
