Group buying power supports renewable energy
Friends House and thirty-seven Quaker Meeting houses have joined the Renewable Energy Group Buying Initiative (REGBI) scheme
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.
Chayley Collis, a member of Huddersfield Quaker Meeting who helped initiate the REGBI scheme, commented: ‘We think REGBI may be the first time group purchasing power has been used to support one hundred per cent renewable electricity in the UK. We wanted to make a strong commitment to renewable energy sources and to demonstrate the widespread support there is for clean energy in the UK. This is particularly important in the light of the government’s recent failure to set clean energy targets for 2030 in the Energy Act. The REGBI scheme is helping to bring the costs of renewable energy down on a par with brown energy, making it easier to support renewables. We are hoping that more Meeting houses, charities and denominations will join the scheme.’
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