The Creators
100Green

Brand MINI-documentary series

Brand documentary

The Creators for 100Green
Brand mini-documentary series

100Green is the UK’s only supplier of 100% fossil fuel-free electricity and gas. But how is that energy actually made?

The brief asked for a series of branded mini-documentary films to effectively tell the story of some of 100Green’s smaller generators, how they make the green energy that powers peoples’ homes, and why. Instead of leaning into a technical explanation of the different ways that green energy can be made, we wanted to explore the more human side to these stories – digging into the broader significance of these projects to the people behind them, and to their communities.

Filmed on location in Norfolk, Oxfordshire and South Devon, the result is a series of three films (to date) that weave together candid interview footage with material showing the different generators in action. For prospective customers, the films demonstrate 100Green’s very real commitment to providing fossil-fuel-free electricity and gas, and for their existing customers, they give an insight into how the energy that heats and powers their homes is actually made.

Client: 100Green
Director/DP: Rob Pinney
Post-production: Rob Pinney Studio

Hydroelectricity: Using the River Dart to power local homes and businesses

In this film, Sally Murrall-Smith from Energy Local Totnes explains how the River Dart has historically always been an essential source of power for the town – and how it now generates fossil fuel-free electricity for local people.

Solar: Harnessing the power of the sun with Britain’s first solar roof

Passionate about climate change and inspired by her experience living with nomads in southwestern Iran and Iraq, Sue Roaf wanted to find a way to live her life while using as little energy as possible. With the help of her friends, that pursuit ultimately led her to build the first solar roof in Britain. Today, her six-bedroom house in north Oxford uses minimal energy in both summer and winter, with an average electricity bill of just £40 per month and the surplus sent back into the grid.

In this short film, Sue tells the story behind the now-famous Oxford Ecohouse, almost thirty years since the project began, and of ‘doing well by doing good’.

Biogas: The dairy farm helping to power the nation with 100% green energy.

In this short film, dairy farmer Stephen explains what inspired him to invest in an anaerobic digester for his Norfolk farm, and why taking a zero-waste approach to farming is so important.