Here’s the latest news from Project Scene.
Communities are invaluable for sustainable development and the services they depend upon. Energy is the primary example of this. This month’s blog provides three reasons why this is the case and how this should revolutionise approaches to consumer and citizen engagement in policy and development, and how it has… Continue reading
The start of the year welcomes further key developments for the launch of Project SCENe. This is the generation, storage and retailing of local renewable energy and the optimisation of this, related grid services and community consumption and benefits through the Innovate UK supported project. A flagship project for the… Continue reading
Following a busy year for Nottingham’s flagship energy model, Project SCENe, and lots planned for the New Year, it is worth using this month’s blog to sum up some of the recent fruits of the labour. Firstly, months of behind the scenes research and development at the University of Nottingham… Continue reading
Last week Nottingham’s City Council Transport Strategy team met and invited representatives from Project SCENe to showcase how our project complements moves to more sustainable and resilient transport systems, as well as energy, housing and communities. Project SCENe does this in multiple ways that add to the array of benefits… Continue reading
The UK Smart Cities Index was released on October 23rd 2017. This report recognised cities using innovative technologies to benefit the local community. Nottingham was ranked on the eight place between the UK 20 leading smart cities, and Project SCENe was recognised as one of the key projects contributing to… Continue reading
Listening, learning and engaging the residents of Trent Basin is critical to the innovation and success of Project SCENe. Claire Hopkins from Stickyworld tells you about online private resident engagement forums we’ve set up to do this. These are powered by Stickyworld, one of the project partners. The forums provided… Continue reading
Nick Ebbs, Chief Executive at Blueprint, discusses how renewable energy is now becoming a mainstream topic for discussion on the national news agenda – a sure sign of a significant shift in the way the nation is thinking about its energy creation and consumption. BBC Radio 4 has produced a… Continue reading
We’ve now set up an engagement portal on the Stickyworld platform for project SCENe. To kick things off we have created a public forum with some introductory videos and diagrams to help explain some of the ideas behind Project SCENe, and Community Energy Schemes in general. Stickyworld enables you to… Continue reading
MP Claire Perry visited Creative Energy Homes at the University of Nottingham to meet with researchers to hear about green energy projects. Charles Bradshaw-Smith from Smatklub, Nick Ebbs from Blueprint, Dainius Alonderis and Professor Gavin Walker from the University of Nottingham were presenting some of the developments of Project SCENe. The visit… Continue reading
If you are interested in knowing more about Project SCENe here are some links of articles about the project: “Trent Basin project could provide low-carbon model for the future” “Europe’s largest community battery to be installed at Nottingham’s Trent Basin” “Europe’s Largest Community Battery to be Installed in Nottingham” “Tesla to… Continue reading
