Our 5MW community-owned solar array in North Kent has been generating renewable energy for the last seven years; we’ve already distributed £65K in profits to local good causes with lots more to come in future years! #CommunityEnergyNow #CEF2023 #GreatBigGreenWeek #goodnewsday

We’re at Swale FOE Lovely World Festival too!

Details of the live programme during our Lovely World event... Talks, Films, Poetry, Performance, Workshops...and an all-weekend Clothes Swap! #LovelyWorld_Glimpse #EnvironmentalChoices #GlimpsingtheFuture. #CoolGreenFuture #clothesswap #printworkshop #makeawormery

Only one more sleep until Swale FOE Lovely World celebration at the Alexander Centre #Faversham - we’re there - come and say hello at our stall!

It’s today! See you there later.

Many thanks to all too from us as a stall holder at ‘Lovely World’ - it was a great event! Over 800 people visited, we’ve been told.

Thanks to @ediblecultureuk for visiting Orchard 2 solar farm near Sittingbourne, Kent and advising on our ambitious plans for biodiversity at the site once we take community ownership after this summer's share offer. kentcommunityenergy.org/invest/

This photo of a fox at Orchard 2 solar farm was taken by Geoff Hourihan of PSH Operations last week. Solar, community and biodiversity will be key themes for our community share offering this summer.

Good to see so many tweets from our sister society Kent Community Energy as they prepare for their forthcoming share offer - do register with or follow them so you will find out when it is launched …

More positive news on the #bbcnews today about community energy schemes and #solarenergy . Great timing for the lead up to our share offer in #Kent coming soon kentcommunityenergy.org bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Our community share offer is LIVE today on @ethexuk You can invest in the fully operational Orchard 2 solar farm and generate £2 million to keep #Kent green. Capital at Risk. ethex.org.uk/invest/kentcom… Community Energy England @sscenergy Sophy F-W Community Energy South Kent Greens KentOnline

Congratulations to our sister society Kent Community Energy (one of the five) for reaching this milestone!

We’ve recruited three great new volunteer directors but are still looking for a finance & audit lead director? Please spread the word.

Our community fund has opened for applications today. We want to make grants of £2K-£5K for 2024 projects in #Swale or #Medway that aim to achieve social and environmental outcomes at the same time. Details at orchardcommunityenergy.org/for-applicants.

Keen to fund some projects in #Sittingbourne as our community fund is part-funded from our rooftop array at The COOK Classics Kitchen COOK SwaleBoroughCouncil SwaleCVS

Keen to fund projects in #Medway - closing date for applications 31 Oct. Medway Urban Greenspaces Forum Medway Climate Change @MYC_MEDWAY Medway Council

Keen to fund projects in #Swale - closing date 31 Oct Swale FOE SwaleBoroughCouncil SwaleCVS Abbey Physic Garden @KGA_KENT

Your chance to take local action on #ClimateEmergency and help #Kent reach #NetZero. Thanks to investors who have already committed to #CommunitySolar offer we hit 3% of target within 24hrs. Capital at Risk. ethex.org.uk/invest/kentcom… Community Energy South Community Energy England Orchard CE SwaleGreens

Smashing to get out and visit a community solar farm today Kent Community Energy (thanks very much for the visit) Orchard CE with @peoplesbiz - the Co-operative Party want to see a massive expansion of community owned renewable energy schemes get involved here: party.coop/campaign/commu…