A LOCAL community energy initiative in Tavistock has been selected as one of seven in the UK to take part in a ground-breaking trial.

The Power in Your Hands is a community initiative from Tamar Energy Community (TEC) which is running in the Greenlands area of Tavistock for local householders and St Peter’s School, together with support from Tavistock College.

It is one of seven community energy pilots running in the UK selected for the OpenLV project — a network innovation competition project led by Western Power Distribution and EA Technology which is opening up live data from local electricity networks for the first time.

A spokesperson for TEC said: ‘This is an exciting project all about electricity. The OpenLV project is making local electricity data openly available for the first time ever. The data from the low voltage (LV) substation in Meavy Way will be the centre of this initiative.

‘Thanks to a piece of kit called an LV-CAP we will be able to learn more about electricity use in the Greenlands neighbourhood and work together to change our energy use habits, maybe even saving on our bills as we go!’

To find out more about the local project, visit the website www.tamarenergycommunity.com/power, email [email protected], visit Local Matters in Elbow Lane, Tavistock or visit the Tamar Energy Fest on November 24 in Tavistock Town Hall.

To find out more about the Open LV project visit www.openlv.net