Renewable Energy in Bristol: Opportunities and Challenges in the Post-Subsidy Landscape – A 'Kick-off' Workshop

Energy systems are undergoing significant change. Traditional centralised, fossil-based systems are giving way to increasingly low carbon, renewable and decentralised energy systems. Whilst these changes aim to reduce CO2 emissions, this has also enabled the emerging ‘prosumer’ phenomenon: where citizens and businesses play an active and democratic role in the generation, ownership and direction of energy transitions. In recent years this seen an explosion in community, municipal and business involvement in Bristol.

In this first in a series of events, we set out to explore the challenges and opportunities facing the Bristol energy scene in a post subsidy landscape. As part of PROSEU project we will offer a series of free ‘Living Lab’ practical interventions/workshops to see how Bristol can continue to be a frontrunner city in the UK’s energy transition. In this event we aimed to bring together a diversity of actors including local government, community energy organisations, businesses, citizens, academia and the third sector.