Since 2012, Brixton Energy group has led the establishment of three community solar energy projects in the area, generating renewable energy and bringing financial revenues into the local neighbourhoods where they are sited. Each project is a registered cooperative that is wholly owned by its shareholders, who were able to buy shares from £250 to be part of the collective ownership. The sale of these shares helped to finance the installation of each solar scheme. Brixton Solar 1 was completed in March 2012, installing several hundred square metres of solar panels on the roof of Elmore House at Brixton’s Loughborough Estate, giving a total generating capacity of 37 kW. This project attracted 103 investors, almost half of whom came from within the Brixton area, raising £60,000 in three weeks. From all these projects, electricity generated is first sold to users within the buildings, and the excess is sold on to the National Grid. Alongside energy generation, as with many other community energy projects, the Brixton schemes provide financial revenues to the local community. Investors in each scheme receive interest of around 3% their investment, whilst 20% of the profits are returned to the Community Energy Efficiency Fund and spent on a variety of local initiatives focused on energy-saving in the local area.