Our background

Severn Wye Energy Agency was established originally in 1999 under the European Commission SAVE programme, and we're one of around 300 such European local and regional energy 'demand management' agencies.

Our first offices were in Mitcheldean, in the Forest of Dean and we moved to Highnam in 2009.

Severn Wye employs nearly 50 staff across our two main offices; one in the village of Highnam on the outskirts of Gloucester and one in the historic market town of Builth Wells in central Wales. As well as this, some of our officers in Wales are based in local authority offices or similar locations.

Much of our work is carried out in rural areas (such as Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Wales) where levels of fuel poverty are particularly high and where we aim to empower communities to develop their own energy solutions, as well as giving them the knowledge and resources they need to reduce their own energy bills.