Creating Community Owned Renewable Energy Projects across East Sussex
Ovesco is a community group run by local volunteers for the local community in East Sussex
We create community owned renewable energy projects so our local community can become zero carbon.
We have recently launched out new programme: Ovesco Sunny School Shares. For more information or to invest, click here
WHAT WE DO
We develop community-owned renewable energy in East Sussex. We want to reduce our local carbon footprint and lower our dependence on imported energy in partnership with schools, businesses and local people.
We are creating community owned renewable generation assets to make the town carbon neutral. So far we have built over 5.25 MW towards our target.
A question for debate: how can we create community owned “NegaWatts”? i.e. community owned energy saving projects, which would go considerably towards reducing our energy consumption.
Join us by investing in our projects, supporting new projects and sharing energy saving advice with friends and neighbours
Energy use in our area from Government statistics 2018:
Lewes Town:
Domestic electricity: 26,000 MWh
Non-domestic electricity: 12,000 MWh
Domestic Gas usage: 91,000 MWh
Non-domestic gas usage: 31,000 MWh
Lewes District:
Domestic electricity: 176,000 MWh
Non-domestic electricity: 146,000 MWh
Domestic Gas usage: 476,000 MWh
Non-domestic gas usage: 102,000 MWh
Other residual usage: 248,000 MWh (21,000 tonnes e.g. oil for rural off gas)
Eastbourne:
Domestic electricity: 158,700 MWh
Non-domestic electricity: 187,800 MWh
Domestic Gas usage: 158,700 MWh
Non-domestic gas usage: 202,200 MWh
Other residual usage: 93,000 MWh (8,000 tonnes e.g. oil for rural off gas).
We are creating community owned renewable generation assets to make the town carbon neutral. So far we have built over 5.25 MW towards our target.
A question for debate: how can we create community owned “NegaWatts”? i.e. community owned energy saving projects, which would go considerably towards reducing our energy consumption.
Join us by investing in our projects, supporting new projects and sharing energy saving advice with friends and neighbours
OVESCO SUNNY SOLAR SCHOOLS PROJECT UPDATE
Our share offer is now closed. It has paid for installations on 4 more primary schools in Sussex – meaning we have created an additional almost 120 kW of projects. The schools that will also gain additional benefits from the projects including reduced energy costs and some swanky educational monitors.
We have completed 3 solar rooftop projects so far this year: on Landport Community Centre in Lewes, Cavendish School in Eastbourne and Burgess Hill Academy. This has generated an additional 65 kW of projects.
Our community benefit society is fully registered with the FCA and managed by our board of directors which consists of local people who have invested in our projects
Quotes from partners and investors:
“A more environmentally friendly approach to energy consumption was something our students had pushed hard to achieve.
We are impressed with the ongoing partnership which has been forged between the school and OVESCO including the support for The Ashden Award.”
“The live readings from our solar panels, along with individual pupils taking responsibility for turning off lights and equipment demonstrate how substantial savings in cost and CO2 terms can be made.”
