News
Loch a Bhraoin hydro power project, which we provided with mezzanine finance to cover construction, is now connected to grid and generating clean electricity.
Posted: 29 Oct 2020
News
Copeland Borough Council has approved an application from Thrive Renewables to extend the working life of our four turbine wind farm at Haverigg in Cumbria. The existing turbines now have planning permission to continue operating until 2032.
Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Blog
We are once again celebrating Good Money Week (24-30 October). This national campaign is run by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association, which we are part of, and aims to grow and raise awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance.
Posted: 26 Oct 2020
Blog
At the 2020 Conservative Party Conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined the UK’s ambitions to become ‘the Saudi Arabia of wind power’ through the development of huge offshore wind farms. He said the UK would become "the world leader in clean wind energy".
Posted: 21 Oct 2020
Press Releases
Solar trains company, Riding Sunbeams, has received its first commercial funding from Thrive Renewables and Friends Provident Foundation This will enable the team to develop community owned renewable energy projects to directly power the rail network at a commercial scale for the first time
Posted: 18 Sep 2020
Blog
The United Downs geothermal project will use heat from the rock, around 5km beneath the ground, to generate renewable electricity.
Posted: 12 Aug 2020
Blog
2019 was a record breaking year for renewables, generating more electricity than fossil fuels during the third quarter, for the first time ever. And 2020’s looking even better!
Posted: 29 Jul 2020
News
Our analysis shows onshore renewables could boost UK economy by £28.9bn by 2035
Posted: 16 Jul 2020
Blog
Community co-operatives successfully raise £5.7M to repay Thrive’s Community Energy Funding Bridge.
Posted: 26 Jun 2020
News
Thrive owns and operates multiple renewable energy projects across the country and the communities who host our projects are vitally important to us. As a responsible business, we wanted to help them during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Posted: 11 Jun 2020
Events
One of the biggest challenges facing community energy groups is funding.
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
Blog
2019 was another positive year of impact for Thrive. We generated enough clean electricity to power all the homes in Worcester, saving over 75,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions and helping to decarbonise the UK’s energy system in line with net zero ambitions.
Posted: 28 May 2020
