Up to £500k grant funding available for community renewable energy projects

energyshare is a 100% renewable energy community giving everyone in the UK the opportunity to get involved in sourcing, using, and generating your own renewable energy.

energyshare's founding partners, River Cottage and British Gas are committed to finding more funding. As a start British Gas are committed to distributing a further £3m to community renewable projects through the energyshare fund over the next 3 years. By getting involved in energyshare you can help decide which projects get funded.

A registered community group can apply for up to £100,000, for projects that:

• have the objective of saving or generating energy locally
• are supported by their local community
• will benefit the local community and have a tangible and lasting impact
• some aspect of the project is realistically achievable within one year
• will inspire even more community renewable projects

The communities who apply will be selected in rounds. Those who have pre-applied and have drummed up the most support on the site will be selected by energyshare at the end of May to progress to the next round.