WCE News
Can you save money on your bills right now?
If your home has been bought, sold or put on the rental market in the last ten years then it will have an Energy Performance Certificate, known simply as an EPC. These certificates are generated by an energy assessor who would have made an inspection of the building...
‘Top Ten’ internet searches about electric vehicles!
We’ve been made aware a list of the ‘top ten’ internet searches related to Electric Vehicles, there’s a few funny things in there so we have decided to give some replies based on our experiences. 1. Can electric cars go through the car wash? Yes! Just the same as...
Looking again at cavity wall insulation
With energy prices unlikely to return to past levels, it is increasingly important to improve the energy efficiency of our homes, protecting our wallets, our health and our comfort. It is known that around 30% of the heat generated in older homes can be lost through...
Climate change, the cost of living and how to help.
In the news today it was reported that there is no credible pathway to limit global warming to 1.5C or less. Many people have known this for a long time, and the cast iron expectation is that weather will become more extreme and erratic in the coming decades,...
Why did renewables become so cheap so fast?
Fossil fuels dominate the global power supply because until very recently electricity from fossil fuels was the cheapest. This has changed dramatically. In most places power from new renewables is now cheaper than new fossil fuels. Read the full article.
Isle of Wight council team up with People Powered CIC for electric cargo bike trial
The trial of using e-cargo bikes to deliver internal mail runs between council sites across the Island will last for two months Electric cargo bikes will be used in a two-month pilot scheme by the Isle of Wight Council for its internal mail runs. The council has...
Huge potential for carbon savings across hospitality sector with Wight Community Energy and Mixergy collaboration
Wight Community Energy and Mixergy are working together to help hotels on the Isle of Wight save energy using pioneering smart water heating technology. In the first phase of the project during 2021, Wight Community Energy and Mixergy installed monitoring equipment...
Free Electric Cargo Bike Deliveries Come to Cowes and Newport
Free delivery by electric cargo bike is going to be available for businesses in the Cowes and Newport area in March, April and May. The three-month pilot project aims to showcase the capabilities of electric cargo bikes to meet some of the delivery needs of local...
Additional £59k funding secured from Power to Change
Following a successful bid, Wight Community Energy has been awarded an additional £58,547 from Power to Change to deliver new community-based renewable energy projects on the Isle of Wight throughout 2022. Wight Community Energy will work with specialist partner...
Brits Show 90% Support for Solar
Public support for renewable energy in Great Britain has reached a record high with 90% of those surveyed supporting solar. See link below for more details. https://renews.biz/74402/brits-show-90-support-for-solar/