Jessica Dunning
Community Renewables Manager
Manages and negotiates Power Purchase Agreements, ensuring community-owned renewable generators can sell their energy at fair market rates. Leads business development initiatives to forge new partnerships and grow Younity’s renewable energy portfolio.
Part of Younity since: January 2025
Environmental Inspiration: Christiana Figueres DBE
Favourite Read or Listen: Climate Justice: A Man-Made Problem With a Feminist Solution
Why community energy: Community energy transcends boundaries by connecting across communities and countries to achieve a shared goal - involving communities in community-led renewable energy, energy demand reduction and energy supply projects. Through a community-led approach, we create agency for all groups in society to participate in a Just Transition. Together we can achieve so much more - I can't justify 'why not'!
Projects and experience
I've worked in various roles across the Community Energy sector, project managing the development of rooftop solar projects for Energy4All co-operatives, as a Policy and Advocacy assistant at Community Energy England and as a Project Officer at both Community Energy London and South East London Community Energy.
I'm also a director on the board of Westmill Wind Farm Co-Operative and lead on their Communications and Marketing!