We caught up with Nikki Jones, a researcher, writer and journalist on oil, gas and energy to find out more about divestment.
Divestment and positive investment seem like a win-win for everyone. Switching your money from damaging fossil fuels to clean renewables helps tackle climate change, gives control back to the local community, and offers a financial return for investors.
We caught up with Nikki Jones, a researcher, writer and journalist on oil, gas and energy to find out more about divestment.
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Many people want to tackle climate change, but are unsure how to really make a difference. At times, it can feel overwhelming. One easy way to help society make a lasting shift from fossil fuels to renewables is to change how your money is invested. It's time to divest from fossil fuels, and ensure your investments are having a positive impact.
Read on to find out why Karn, from Bedminster in Bristol, wanted to do good with his money and invest in our latest bond offer. Our latest crowdfund is particularly exciting as we’re not just raising money to generate clean solar energy, but also to provide solar storage. With your help, we seek to raise funds to purchase and operate a state-of-the-art 100kW Tesla battery.
."I like the fact that BEC is Bristol based and has a track record of building schemes locally. One of the features that particularly attracted me to this offer was the proposed battery storage project. It seems to me that small scale local generation together with local storage must be the way ahead for electricity supply in the future."
Rob Acton-Campbell, a Bristol Energy Cooperative investor Find out more about why Rob invested in our community energy bonds. In our current crowdfund, we've already raised over £200,000. But we have a long way to go to meet our £1.15m target by 31 July 2017.
There are many reasons to make a positive investment in community energy. Today hear from one of our investors from Southville in Bristol, Katherine. Why are so many people investing in renewables? Today we meet another of our growing number investors, Dan Weisselberg from Bristol. Find out why he and his wife chose a positive investment...
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