Severn Wye Energy Agency
Key Points
A capital grant funded project for community groups and buildings to install renewable energy (RE) technologies and / or energy efficiency (EE) measures.
Energy for Sustainable Communities
Background
Energy for Sustainable Communities (ESC) is a European Union funded Objective 2 project to promote and install sustainable energy measures in community buildings.
Aims
The key aims of the project are to support, enable and encourage the uptake of RE and EE technologies for communities in Powys, Mid-Wales. This will:
- Contribute towards reducing green houe gas emissions.
- Strengthen the Wales-based sustainable energy sector
- Support and empower communities through group project development and knowledge and technology transfer.
Activities
Severn Wye Energy Agency is responsible for the day to day delivery of the project under the management of Glasu (the local LEADER + organisation).
During the initial stages of the programme a call for interest was issued to all communities in Powys with further advertisements in the local press and attendance at two community based conferences. The resulting marketing led to the following project outcomes:
- Attendance to provide advice at two public exhibitions
- Site visits and written reports for five community centres
- Design of an energy advice leaflet which has been distributed to over 120 community centres.
- Two feasibility studies. One for a new replacement carbon zero community centre, the other for the building of a combined heat and power (CHP) plant serving a community.
- Capital grants for RE and EE to four community centres, a community owned toilet block; a golf club and international bowling pavilion; a community theatre company and a community owned wind-turbine. Other measures included loft, cavity and dry-lining insulation.
- Capital grants for six photovoltaic and three solar hot water systems; one wind-turbine; one wood pellet biomass boiler and one community wind-power scheme
Partners
- Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
- Glasu
- Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations
- Powys County Council
- Farmer Union Wales
- Severn Wye Energy Agency
Coordinator
Andy Bull - Senior Project Manager
![[email]](site_graphics/icon_email.png){kind=icon} | Andy |  |
![[phone]](site_graphics/icon_phone.png){kind=icon} | 01982 551006 | |
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Participating Communities
- Abermule Community Centre
- Builth Wells Town Council
- Carno Recreation Association
- Dyfi Eco Valley Partnership
- Knucklas Community Centre
- Llanafan Fawr Community Centre
- Llangadfan Community Centre
- L.L.A.N.I. Ltd.
- Llanidloes Energy Solutions
- Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club
- Machynlleth Golf Club
- Montgomery Church in Wales Friends of the School
- Association
- The Living Willow Theatre
- Trecastle Community Centre