Our new Community Share Offer to raise £70,000 to install two more solar PV schemes will launch on Tuesday, November 1st at 7pm at the Quaker Meeting House, St James Street near the Cathedral in the city centre. Tea & coffee available at 6.45 pm. Our first new scheme will be on the roof of […]
In case you haven’t noticed that the Department for Energy & Climate Change has been abolished, you might like to read the following from BioRegional – http://www.bioregional.com/deccs-demise-is-there-a-silver-lining/
Sheffield Renewables joined 90 other northern community groups in a call for the Budget to include measures to support renewable energy. The UK government should be celebrating clean energy as core to its economic plan. See http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/clean_energy_declaration for the full statement and list of organisations that signed up, before it was sent to the Chancellor. […]
Sheffield Renewables have delivered their third community owned renewable energy scheme, a 50kW solar array panel at Attercliffe police station. This project is part of wider efforts by South Yorkshire Police to increase its sustainability, which will also help to reduce energy costs. A locally based community share offer, sourced through Sheffield Renewables, paid for the […]
Sheffield Renewables are deeply disappointed at the results of the review of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Large cuts to the tariff will be implemented, they are not as drastic as first proposed, but this is little consolation as the FiT will no longer be a means of […]
Our first solar PV scheme at Paces, High Green Development Trust, has just completed its first year of generating clean, renewable electricity. It generated 41,870 kWh – the predicted amount was 37,500 kWh. This represents a carbon saving for the year of 18,423 kg.
Our next social for volunteers will be held on Wednesday 3rd June, 7pm at the University Arms, Brook Hill. If you are new to volunteering, feel free to email us if you wish to let us know you are coming. If you need more information, please email volunteers@sheffieldrenewables.org.uk
We had a good AGM on Tuesday, March 26th, just a year since our Special General Meeting in 2013. 42 members were present. Richard Collins, our chair, brought everyone up to date with what has been happening since the SGM, especially the installation of our first solar PV scheme at Paces. His full report can […]
After a year developing a community solar project Sheffield Renewables is very pleased to announce that work commenced last week installing 50kW of solar panels at High Green Development Trust’s (HGDT) Paces Campus Community Centre. The scheme’s 50 kW array will cover an area larger than a tennis court and have a lifespan of up […]
As mentioned in our previous blogs, Sheffield Renewables are moving into the exciting world of community-owned solar PV. Although you may think that Sheffield is too grey for solar panels, having less irradiance (the amount of useful sunlight that we receive) than other European countries is in fact beneficial for solar because: The panels work more […]