Announced on Monday 2 September, a new £10mn Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) will work to
support rural communities in England to develop renewable energy projects. Funding will be allocated in
two stages: grants of up to £40,000 for a feasibility study for a renewable energy project, and grants of up
to £100,000 for business development and planning of feasible schemes. The RCEF will be run by five
regional Local Energy Hubs, which are split by Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) regions: North East
Yorkshire and Humber; North West; Midlands; South West and South East.
