Thrive Renewables

We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported us this year 🫶 helping us build more projects that the country so desperately needs.

Looking forward to growing our impact in 2024 🙌

Meet the “Changevestors” 👋

Did you know that younger investors, or ‘Changevestors’, aged 18-34 are the most focused on delivering environmental impact? 🌎💚

Our new research has found that this group could be critical to ​unlocking over £200 billion in investment, but a lack of information and concerns over greenwashing could potentially hold them back.

Read the findings in full here: https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/the-214bn-impact-investment-opportunity-retail-investors-could-unlock-crucial-net-zero-funding/

We’re teaming up with Babbasa 🤝

Pleased to support their important work helping under-represented young people in pursue their ambitions.

We’ll be providing opportunities for Babbasa’s young people to learn more about careers in .

Find out more 👇

https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/supporting-under-represented-young-people-in-bristol/

Thrilled to be shortlisted for another prestigious edie.net award 🙌🏆

Looking forward to celebrating with industry friends at the awards in March. Congrats to all the finalists 👏🎉

https://www.edie.net/edie-awards-20234-shortlist-of-finalists-unveiled/

Share offer live on Crowdcube! 📣

Big thanks to everyone who's supported the fundraise so far 💚 Together we've raised £5M to build more projects.

Find out more 👇

https://www.crowdcube.com/thrive?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=crowdcube_promotion_FB&utm_id=FB+promotion

This week our world leaders gather in Dubai for 🌍

As a new report from the UN Environment Programme finds that we could see 3°C of warming this century, we share our key ambitions for the conference with Good With Money ⬇️​

https://good-with-money.com/2023/11/24/cop28-is-nearly-upon-us-what-do-we-need-to-see-from-our-leaders/

One week to go until our closes on Triodos Bank UK 📢

Find out more 👇

https://www.triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk/invest/thrive-renewables-plc-2023

Lithium at United Downs generation plant set to be used for UK electric vehicle production. 📢

Highest concentration of lithium found in any commercial geothermal lithium project in Europe.

A key component of electric vehicle batteries. 🔋

Find out more 👇

https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/united-downs-geothermal-generation-plant-set-to-deliver-uk-s-first-commercial-quantities-of-lithium-for-car-batteries/

Our project is award-winning! 🏆

Thrilled to have won the Collaboration in award with Bristol Energy Cooperative, Rade Bristol and Aura Power.

Thanks Community Energy England for a brilliant evening 🎉

Read the story behind our project here 👇

https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/celebrating-our-collaborative-and-award-winning-funding-approach-at-the-community-energy-awards/

£1 million raised to develop new projects! 🎉 📢

Huge thanks to everyone who has helped us reach this milestone.

https://triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk/invest/thrive-renewables-plc-2023

It’s your chance to ask questions… 🎤

Join a live webinar this Thursday to meet the directors and ask questions about our share offer. 💻

Register your place here 👇

https://triodos.typeform.com/to/RMMYOb9H

It’s been a record-breaking year for our Community Benefit Programme!

We’re pleased to award over £37,000 to 10 community centres near our sites, to help keep them warm this winter. 💚

Plus, we’re providing energy essentials training to help improve energy efficiency at home. 🏠

Find out more 👇

https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/thrive-donates-over-37-000-to-help-communities-improve-energy-efficiency/

We’ve been shortlisted for a ! 🎉

Thrilled to be nominated alongside Bristol Energy Cooperative, Rade Bristol and Aura Power for the Collaboration in Community Energy Award for our project. 🔋 🏆

Congrats to all the nominees - see you in November!

Together we can help protect the planet for future generations. 👣

Building a cleaner, smarter, fairer energy system. 🫶 🏠

Find out more about our crowdfund via Triodos Bank UK 👇

https://www.triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk/invest/thrive-renewables-plc-2023

People power! We’re super excited to launch our crowdfund. 📢

We’re planning to build more , , and – doubling our impact for people and planet. 👣 🌎

Find out more at Triodos Bank UK👇

https://www.triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk/invest/thrive-renewables-plc-2023

"A brilliant example of passion and perseverance" 💚

We're helping fund Scotland's first subsidy free, 100% community owned onshore wind turbine. 📢

We've invested £4 million in Radio City Association’s community interest group so that they can construct the turbine near Kilbirnie.

The project will benefit local people and support ’s transition.

Find out more 👇

https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/4-million-investment-into-community-group-attix-cic/

This week marks 8 years since the world adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We’re committed to accelerating action on the SDGs to build a fair and sustainable future for all. 💚🌎

Turbines to tabletops... ♻️🔧

We’re working with ReBlade to tackle waste at our Sigurd wind farm on Orkney - repurposing blades that have reached end-of-life into furniture for businesses, councils and communities.

Find out more: https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/reducing-waste-at-our-sigurd-wind-farm/

We must reduce air pollution and improve air quality for people & planet. 🌍 👣

Our projects are helping reduce the UK’s reliance on dirty, expensive fossil fuels.

📣 Round 7 of our Community Benefit Programme with the Centre For Sustainable Energy is now open 📣

For the first time we’re offering energy essentials training alongside energy efficiency grants for community centres near our sites.

Find out more 👉 https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/fighting-fuel-poverty-energy-efficiency-training-for-local-communities-added-to-community-benefit-programme/

How does Thrive support Net Zero? 🫶

In addition to funding and building projects, we’re proud to help communities and businesses lower their carbon footprints 👣

Find out more: https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/blog/building-a-net-zero-future-whats-our-role-in-the-uks-energy-transition/

People power is at the heart of Net Zero. 🫶

We’ve teamed up with Positive News to discuss the energy transition.

Find out how you can make a real difference in the climate emergency.

Five ideas to help you be more ‘net zero’ - Positive News In order to reach net zero emissions by 2050, everything will need to change. Here are some smart ideas to get started

What inspires you to tackle change and protect nature?

For , find out how a passion for nature photography inspires our Sustainability Analyst, David, to protect our planet. 📷🍃

Read David’s blog here: https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/blog/photography-has-played-an-important-role-in-my-appreciation-of-the-natural-world/

To celebrate , we’ve created a brand-new resource for groups, collating our decades long experience in funding, building and operating projects in the UK 🌍💚

You can download it here: https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/latest-news/news/community-energy-fortnight-2023/

A lovely sunny day showing Thangam Debbonaire, local MP, around our 20MW project at Feeder Road in Bristol.

Great to be joined by Bristol Energy Cooperative, Rade Bristol and Aura Power to talk about community and business working together to tackle the emergency and reach .

While reducing carbon emissions we must also protect .

We’re supporting local at our sites while generating clean energy.

See our policy in action at our Bristol site:
https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/our-impact/business-ethics/biodiversity/enhancing-the-biodiversity-at-our-bristol-battery-project/

We kicked off Monday feeling extremely motivated after a busy week of awards and events. Our highlights:

🏆 Winning the award at the in London!

💡 Inspirational people and projects at in Glasgow.

🎤 Discussing how institutional investors can support businesses to transition to at UKSIF's Spring Conference.

When we invest in a project, we carefully consider our impact on the local 🐝 🍃🦋

Our new case study explains how we aim to enhance at our 20MW site on Feeder Road, 👇

https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/our-impact/business-ethics/biodiversity/enhancing-the-biodiversity-at-our-bristol-battery-project/

Did you know that, once home to an open cast coal mine, our at Drumduff is now used to produce ?

Turning a fossil fuel legacy into a venture, the 6MW three-turbine site was officially opened in September 2018.

Positioned in an excellent area for wind resource in West Lothian, Scotland, the 47-hectare site also incorporates an area of natural woodland that’s managed alongside the wind farm operations. Find out more 👇

https://www.thriverenewables.co.uk/our-projects/drumduff-wind-farm/

As a business, we’re working to achieve net zero by 2030.

We sat down with Bristol Green Capital Partnership to discuss our successes to date, how we monitor and minimise our project emissions and the steps we’re taking to improve at our sites🍃 🐝

Plus, we share our top tips for businesses looking to take positive 👇

https://bristolgreencapital.org/climate-action-programme-case-study-thrive/

Very proud to have won Regen's developer of the year award last Thursday!

We had a great time celebrating all the incredible work that’s going towards building a cleaner, greener and fairer future for all.

Big congrats to all the other winners! 👏