BWCE is a not for profit community benefit society, owned and run by our members for the benefit of the community. Our vision is for a local area able to supply decreasing local energy demand with increasing generation from renewable energy, driven by collective action and community ownership. Our area of benefit covers Bath & North East Somerset and parts of Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire that border B&NES. We aim to reduce local carbon emissions through: - Increasing the amount of local renewable energy generation - Delivering projects to reduce the energy demand of local households, businesses and organisations. Since being established in 2010 we have: - Installed renewable energy equivalent to the demand of 4,000 homes (including ground mounted solar arrays and solar pv on schools and community buildings) - Donated over £155,000 to local projects through our community fund. - Raised over £9 million through community shares and bonds.