Whiteborough is go!
Situated on the site of an old open-cast coal mine in Nottinghamshire, our 3.5 MW Whiteborough Solar Park will use solar panels that have been repurposed from another site.
News
Midcounties gold!
Our partners Midcounties Co-operative won Sustainability Initiative of the Year at the 2025 Grocer Gold Awards! This included a commendation for their work with community energy.
Installations and impact
There are now 11 installations collectively owned by Big Solar Co-op members, generating over 6MW most days!
A bright start…
It’s not always easy to feel inspired on the way out of winter in the UK but we have lots of reasons to be cheerful here at the Big Solar Co-op 🌞
Introducing Jo
Meet Jo, the new Project Lead. She will be helping to coordinate all the exciting projects coming up for Big Solar Co-op.
What a year!
What a year…Collectively we now OWN 7 large solar rooftop arrays across the UK, generating around 1.2 megawatts (MW) per year!
A clean energy revolution in the Derbyshire Dales
The first community-owned solar power in the Derbyshire Dales has been installed on Twiggs Stores, thanks to a partnership with DDCE.
My week at the Big Solar Co-op
School leaver, Theo joined us at the Big Solar Co-op for a week to see how quickly a solar project could go from idea to action.
Cambridgeshire firm’s huge new solar roof is just the beginning
Chatteris based firm Eco-Pak have had over 1500 solar panels installed on their packhouse roof by the Big Solar Co-op.
Rolling out co-operative solar across the Midlands
We’re installing on 29 sites owned by Midcounties Co-operative