An ongoing series of reports highlighting energy and climate-related projects being delivered by local authorities across the UK. Each edition brings together real-life case studies demonstrating the practical action councils are taking to decarbonise operations, strengthen resilience, and benefit local communities.
Experience Level:
Foundation
Energy across the authority is an ongoing series from APSE Energy highlighting energy and climate-related projects being delivered by local authorities across the UK. Each edition brings together real-life case studies demonstrating the practical action councils are taking to reduce carbon emissions, decarbonise operations, strengthen resilience, and benefit local communities.
Covering projects ranging from local energy generation and retrofit schemes to community engagement and sustainable infrastructure, the series provides local authorities with examples, lessons, and ideas from across the sector, showcasing how councils are turning climate and energy ambitions into practical delivery.
The report’s seventh edition showcases six case studies demonstrating how UK local authorities are putting energy and climate ambitions into practice. Covering areas including renewable energy, retrofit, climate finance, partnership working, and EV infrastructure, the report shares practical approaches to decarbonisation, resilience, and delivering wider benefits for local communities.
The report’s sixth edition showcases local authority projects demonstrating practical approaches to energy, climate action, and sustainability. Its nine case studies cover building retrofit, renewable energy, climate resilience, energy management, waste, and community engagement, sharing examples of how councils are reducing emissions, improving resilience, and delivering benefits for their communities.
The report’s fifth edition showcases practical examples of how local authorities are responding to the energy and climate change agenda. Its seven case studies span energy planning, renewable energy, building and transport decarbonisation, retrofit, hydrogen skills, and community engagement, offering transferable learning from projects of different scales and approaches.
© apse 2026
Designed to aid Local Authorities in developing robust, evidence-based plans to enable Net Zero.
Already have an account? Login
Guest preview of selected publicly available resourcesFull library of 1,000+ articlesCPD accredited e-learning coursesCase studiesDiscussion forum