Bath & West Community Energy

BWCE is a long-established and highly experienced community energy group with a mission to tackle climate change through clean energy generation and energy efficiency, empowering local communities and keeping the benefits in the area. They have built 14.5MW of local renewable energy projects - equivalent to the demand from 5,000 homes - and their community ownership model ensures the benefits of that clean energy stay local.

Soon they will be launching a new bond investment to help fund the construction of the near-term rooftop solar pipeline, which they aim to complete in 2025, and provide additional capital to support their operation. Read on for more details of how you can get ready to invest.

As BWCE enters our 15th year the scale of the climate challenge can seem bigger than ever - but so are the opportunities.

We believe that a not-for-profit community business like BWCE, which is accountable to local people and generates direct benefit to our local communities, rather than distant corporates, can help to increase trust and participation in the transition to net zero.

So we are excited to be launching our first bond investment through Abundance which will help us to build on our track record, bringing more solar rooftops to schools and community buildings in Bath and the surrounding area, and help fund other exciting and innovative projects in the pipeline.