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# Presentations from the Bringing Power to the People: starting your own community renewable energy project workshop
- URL: https://news.transitionnetwork.org/presentations-from-the-bringing-power-to-the-people-starting-your-own-community-renewable-energy-project-workshop/
- Published: 2012-09-23T23:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-06T23:46:33.000Z
- Author: Transition Network international
- Tags: Blog, #Import 2026-03-17

Four presentations from the ‘Bringing Power to the People: starting your own community renewable energy project’ workshop held at the Transition Network Conference.

The session was presented by Chris Rowland of OVESCO, Peter Capener of [Bath and West Community Energy](https://www.bwce.coop/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org), Allan Shepherd, [author of “The Home Energy Handbook”](http://allanshepherd.com/books/the-home-energy-handbook/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org), and Frank Gordon of [Westmill Solar Cooperative](http://www.westmillsolar.coop/?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org). Chaired by Peter Lipman of Transition Network. *(scroll to the bottom of the full article to download the presentations as PDF’s)*

[**How to set up a community Energy Workshop – OVESCO**](http://www.slideshare.net/transitionnetwork/transition-network-conference-2012-community-energy-workshop-how-to-set-up-a?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org)

[**Community Renewables with Frank Gordon of Westmill Solar Cooperative**](http://www.slideshare.net/transitionnetwork/120915-f-gordon-westmill-community-renewables-transition?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org)

[**Bath & West Community Energy**](http://www.slideshare.net/transitionnetwork/bwce-trans-conf-2012?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org)

[**Ovesco**](http://www.slideshare.net/transitionnetwork/ovesco-tt-confrence-saturday-15th-sept-2012-final-doc?ref=news.transitionnetwork.org)

The theme of the workshop: Community energy companies are one of the most exciting innovations emerging through Transition initiatives. OVESCO recently raised over £300,000 to set up the UK’s first ‘community solar power station’, and Bath and West Community Energy over £700,000 in their community share option. What are the essential ingredients in planning a community energy company, where to start and where could it all go?