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Community Renewable Energy

Helping communities develop their own renewable energy systems to generate community income and address climate change

Franchise Details

Sector: Energy

Key social purpose:

To generate renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions

Key elements of your franchise offer:

CoRE aims to increase the number of community owned renewable energy systems (ie larger than domestic). We do this by working in partnership with a community. We do not charge a community for our work but as a stakeholder in the renewable energy system, we take a share of the profits. We use this share to work with other communites. The community use their share of the income to benefit their members. We work on a wide range of renewable energy systems (generally above 50 kW), anaerobic digesters, wind turbines, hydro schemes, photovoltaic and so on.   We are essentially a federation of communites that supports our members by providing technical skills, shared services (eg energy sales or ability to raise finance) and replicable models for developing renewable energy systems.

What support is provided by you to franchisees:

We are essentially a federation of communites that supports our members by providing technical skills, shared services (eg energy sales or ability to raise finance) and replicable models for developing renewable energy systems.

Do you have a franchise prospectus?:
No
Do you have an operating manual?:
Yes
Year established?:
2008
Number of franchise units?:
1
What is the overall start-up cost/investment required by franchisees?:
£ 50,000
Are ongoing fees to be paid by franchisees?:
Yes
Number of employees (banded)?:
< 10
Percentage of employees with a disadvantage (banded)?:
< 25%
Turnover (banded)?:
£ 101-250k

Contact Details

Contact Name:
Contact Number:
Website:

Keith Richardson
07951935235