Group buying power supports renewable energy

Friends House and thirty-seven Quaker Meeting houses have joined the Renewable Energy Group Buying Initiative (REGBI) scheme

by Ian Kirk-Smith 24th January 2014

Friends House in London and thirty-seven Quaker Meeting houses have joined the Renewable Energy Group Buying Initiative (REGBI) scheme, which was launched on 16 January.  The idea behind the REGBI scheme started at a local Quaker meeting. With the support of 2buy2 it has resulted in Meeting houses joining from all across the UK. This year the REGBI scheme is helping Friends House and other Quaker Meeting houses reduce their CO2 emissions by a total of 188 tonnes per year by supplying 400,000 kWhs of electricity using one hundred per cent renewable electricity (supplied by Good Energy) on an annual joint contract.