Starting to produce your own power can seem like a daunting decision. Equipped with all the technical information and top-notch advice available, there’s still nothing like tales (and travails) from people that have done it already to give you confidence – and, we hope, a big boost of pride.

The growing community of over 35,000 independent generators that we support across the country are the homegrown energy pioneers that are helping the country towards a future powered purely by renewables. Be inspired, join them, and together we can change the way the UK generates and uses energy, for good.

• Plugging into the sun

  Almost a quarter of our electricity came from the sun this autumn.

  Posted on: 22.11.11 / Category: Solar Pv,

• A grand design in gentle flux with nature

  Find out more about Good Energy customer Ed Waghorn and his family. The stars of Grand Designs.

  Posted on: 25.10.11 / Category: Solar Pv,

• Is Will the UK’s First Solar Powered Commuter?

  Will Hitchcock, a Good Energy customer and micro generator, uses his electric bike, powered by a solar PV array on the roof of his home, ...

  Posted on: 03.08.11 / Category: Solar Pv,

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  Owen Yeatman: Making the most of milk and manure

  It’s not just breakfast tables that are supplied by Owen Yeatman’s 400 head Dorset dairy herd; thanks to the farm’s 340kW anaerobic diges...

  Posted on: 15.07.11 / Category: Biogeneration,

• Getting close to nature on South Penquite Farm

  The campers that stay at South Penquite Farm in Cornwall get even closer to nature than you might expect, showering in rainwater heated b...

  Posted on: 10.06.11 / Category: Wind, Solar Pv, Solar Thermal,

• Harnessing the wind in Doncaster

  We don’t all have our own windy hilltop, but for those that do, installing a wind turbine can be a great investment. Not to mention the i...

  Posted on: 22.03.11 / Category: Wind,

• Wave power in the UK

  Wave and tidal generation are still new technologies in the UK, but with the vast potential offered by our island and its location.

  Posted on: 02.03.11 / Category: Hydro,

• Sowton Mill, Devon

  Sowton Mill stands on the Teign river in Devon and has been using hydro power for over 400 years, initially to mill corn and then, from t...

  Posted on: 28.02.11 / Category: Hydro,

• St Aldhelms Church

  David Bolster of St Aldhelms watched the completion of the solar installation in the summer of 2005, having spent a number of years think...

  Posted on: 28.02.11 / Category: Solar Pv,

• Mackie's Ice Cream

  At Mackie’s family farm in Aberdeenshire, three 50 meter wind turbines are powering the manufacture and storage of every tub of their del...

  Posted on: 09.06.11 / Category: Wind,