What it is: The Big Lemon is a bus operator in Brighton which runs on used cooking oil and is registered as a Community Interest Company which means their profits are used to help the public. "Our mission is to enable everyone to get around their community in an affordable, environmentally-sustainable way." The Big Lemon is on a mission to bring zero-emissions electric buses to communities across the UK by 2030, all run by the local community and powered by renewable energy.

What it does: The service was re-launched on 28 February 2008 with a new timetable, aimed at university students providing vital free transport between University campuses in Brighton. The Big Lemon are waiting on the arrival of two new electric buses. The buses, which will operate from Woodingdean through to the city centre, are solar-powered. Believed to be a first for the UK, the company have been installing solar panels on the roof of our depot, which means each bus can be charged up with solar energy overnight, ready for its run the next day. The Big Lemon and Brighton Energy Coop‘s joint Solar Bus project in partnership with Sussex Backup has been shortlisted in the M&S Community Energy Fund, to cover the roof of The Big Lemon’s bus depot in solar panels for green renewable energy.

Suggestions to Citizens: The Big Lemon provides the answer to overcharged bus tickets as it is a free service for students. However, the service can be deemed unreliable and they only run twice an hour between 8 and 6. Their website states "there are only two buses per hour on this service as that is as far as the budget stretches, and although we try our very best to stay on time the realities of Brighton’s traffic means that sometimes the bus gets held up."