Dear Littlebury resident, 

The Littlebury Energy Project is dedicated to helping the village understand its energy use and find ways to reduce it. The project’s overall goal is to transition the village from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources to decarbonise the community.

We held a community meeting on Wednesday, 25 September 2024 to present progress on the Littlebury community energy feasibility study. 

To see the presentation, recorded video of the meeting and the report when it becomes available see https://lep.swce.co.uk/feasibility-study-results/

Why did we do the survey?

The Littlebury Energy Project has been awarded £40,000 from the Community Energy Fund (CEF) to conduct a detailed study on low-carbon heating solutions for the village. This funding is provided by the government to support the development of community-based energy projects that benefit local areas.

We engaged Bioregional and EQUANS to provide technical expertise to Saffron Walden Community Energy to explore ways to replace unsustainable heating methods that rely on polluting fossil fuels with a community renewable heat network.

The study will evaluate the feasibility of providing district heating to the village to understand technical and cost challenges.

Input from the village is key to this project. We asked Littlebury residents to provide information about their energy use to inform this project and have analysed their response, which combined with other analysis will feed into potential future directions for the village.