| CoRE celebrates three years of growth |
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One of the countries leading green energy developers is celebrating its first three years of achievement with Stephen Byers MP on 5th February in North Tyneside. Community Renewable Energy (CoRE) began its work in the North East and is now working across the North helping communities set up renewable energy systems from wind turbines to electrical solar panels. "It has been a very exciting first three years," said Keith Richardson, Chair of CoRE, "We have achieved a great deal and are now involved in significant renewable energy developments that within a year should be generating enough electricity for nearly 3000 households". CoRE works across the North East. In Berwick, for example, CoRE and Berwick Community Trust have recently submitted a planning application to put up an 800kWh wind turbine which will generate over £3 million profit over its lifetime. CoRE is a social enterprise, a business with a social purpose that works in a highly innovative way. It aims to make money out of the renewable energy systems it sets up with communities. This money is used by the community to fund local activities and by CoRE to fund support for more communities. At the third Annual CoRE Network Meeting, Stephen Byers, who launched CoRE in 2004, will introduce the event. Speakers will explain the projects CoRE is involved with and discuss the lessons learnt from this work. The meeting was held at 2pm, Friday 5th February at the Rising Sun Country Park in North Tyneside. View presentations from the meeting in our Document Download. |