The Clean Energy Dash
Our campaign to help fund as many local energy projects as possible, before government cuts derailed their plans.
2015
In the autumn of 2015, people building locally owned wind, sun and water power were ambushed by a sneaky government cut.
They had just weeks to raise the funds they needed. And everyone teamed up to help them beat the clock.
The Campaign
We created a website showcasing all the community energy groups raising funds, and loads of supporters invested to help get them over the line. We knew not everyone could afford to invest though, so hundreds of supporters sent smaller donations instead. We combined their money together into investments and Possible invested on their behalf.
In just a few weeks, the British public poured nearly £15m into community energy. We can't take all the credit for that - the projects worked their socks off too!
By the time the cuts came into force, all 24 projects had raised enough money to build their sun, wind and water power projects!
£10,000
donated by supporters
(plus a whole lot invested)
24
projects funded and going ahead
£15m
invested in clean energy in three weeks!
“Thank you to you all for your work on this project. We urgently need clean energy to protect this beautiful planet for all generations.”