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Resilient Penrith Project
A complete community energy and mobility ecosystem
Background image: Caldbeck Fells, west of Penrith by Richard Harvey, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 UK.
Explainer
How the Resilient Power Pool works
- The first five Cumbrian Resilient Community Projects (RCPs), Appleby, Penrith, Warcop, Brough, and Kirkby Stephen, together form a Resilient Power Pool (RPP) Cluster.
- Each local Community Energy Service (CES) is part of a shared, interoperable energy network that can operate independently while also supporting the wider cluster.
- Standardised infrastructure, distributed generation, battery storage, bidirectional EV integration, and local energy trading allow the cluster to balance energy dynamically and exchange surplus power locally.
- During emergencies, the network can coordinate response through DESO activation and provide mutual support across communities during outages.
- The result is stronger energy security, lower costs, better use of local assets, and greater long-term community energy sovereignty across the region.