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Owning our Energy, Building our Communities

Every year, Community Energy Wales organises a conference that gathers together our membership and other stakeholders in the sector to discuss our future, the amazing work happening today, and the challenges that are ahead of us.

Join us at the Ramada Hotel in Wrexham, 23 and 24 of June.

The policy field for community energy is changing. The publication of the Local Power Plan from the UK Government indicates an uplift in support for community energy. In Wales, Ynni Cymru grants are allowing for community-owned projects to be viable, and a new sector deal could place communities at the heart of energy.

Change is on its way – and the community energy sector needs to be ready for it.

We’ll cover four topics over the course of the two days, all of them focusing on the opportunities that are on their way for our sector:

  • Session 1: ED3 consultation on grid and the potential for energy communities.
  • Session 2: Working with local authorities to develop community energy
  • Session 3: Supporting and building the grassroots sustainably
  • Session 4: Community Energy Wales Members Showcase
Last year’s conference was superb. Great people. Wonderful hospitality. Inspiring venue.
Ben Saltmarsh, National Energy Action
The CEW conference was great. The sector has really missed these opportunities to come together and share our experiences. Really good to see old friends and make new ones. Congratulations to all at Community Energy Wales for hosting such a successful event.
Grant Peisley - DEG

As A House Becomes Home

A poem inspired by the Community Energy Wales Conference by Hanan Issa, the National Poet of Wales.

Begin with the trees. Ask them for their twigs, their branches.
Gather people. Promise them futures, late night conversations
on the names for wind and rain,
or the difference between downpour and deluge.
To those who confess, “I don’t have the energy,”
offer reassurance. Tell them having time to care is luxury

Begin to burn the money - watch closely as folded disposable notes
dance and shift, returning renewed warmth.
Celebrate the transition - tethered to each of you/ all of you,
feel your feet sinking into soil, as a house becomes home.

Ownerships merge over time -
We own the land.
We own land.
We one land.
We. Land.

Soon our shared muscles will stiffen till memory remains
the only limb we can sway with the wind.

Listen for the children.

Here they come, arms outstretched,
asking for your twigs, your branches.

Hanan Issa

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