Ecotricity

Ecotricity
Company typeLimited company
IndustryEnergy
Founded1 April 1996
HeadquartersStroud, England, UK
Key people
Dale Vince, founder
Products
  • Wind energy projects
  • Solar energy projects
  • Biogas[1]
RevenueIncrease £193,340,000 (2019)
Decrease (£1,267,000) (2019)
OwnerGreen Britain Group
Websitewww.ecotricity.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Ecotricity is a British energy company based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, specialising in selling green energy to consumers that it primarily generates from its 87.2 megawatt wind power portfolio.[2] It is built on the principle of heavily reinvesting its profit in building more of its own green energy generation.[3]

The company was founded in 1995 by Dale Vince, who remains in control; in 2022 he announced an intention to sell the company, which has around 200,000 domestic and business customers.[4] Ecotricity's initiatives included the creation of one of Britain's first electric vehicle charging networks, which was sold to Gridserve in 2021.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Ecotricity customers cooking on UK's first Green Gas". Ecotricity. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Green electricity". Ecotricity. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ Dale_Vince_part2. blip.tv. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Video interview of Dale Vince explaining why they invest in Wind power
  4. ^ Lempriere, Molly (1 April 2022). "Dale Vince steps down from Ecotricity as he looks for new owner". Current. Retrieved 19 April 2022.