Humshaugh Net Zero

Disinformation will not serve the planet well and today, as the uber-rich & influential owners of dominant technology & communication companies applaud the inauguration of a new American president, our efforts become that much more difficult. We quit Twitter many months ago over the utterances and actions of its owner and today we have decided to leave Facebook & Instagram for the self same reasons. You will find us on Bluesky@humshaughnetzero.bsky.social.

We recently carried out a survey of the village to see how many Low Carbon Technologies have been deployed. The results are very encouraging - over 175 different devices.

48 air & ground source heat pumps

46 rooftop solar PV systems

35 EV's

25 EV charge points

15 biomass systems

6 battery energy storage systems

GREAT NEWS

The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has launched an inquiry into community energy. The Committee aims to:

• identify potential solutions to the financial and regulatory barriers facing community energy projects, including how to establish local supply;
• consider the role of the Local Power Plan in supporting community energy; and 
• assess how reforms to the planning system, grid connections and the energy market could support the growth of community energy at scale

HNZ has submitted a response - follow the button for more information. 

More news will follow.

A first reading of the Community Energy (Review) bill was laid in parliament by our MP, Joe Morris, on 14th January 2025. It asks the Secretary of State to conduct a review of the contribution of community energy to the Government's Clean Power 2030 mission.

We were please to support our MP with information from HNZ and were pleased to be recognised in his speech.