An interesting evening at Harland Cafe, in John St, on Friday evening, July 13th. Caroline Flint, shadow minister for environment, spoke and answered questions on jobs and growth in a low carbon economy. She highlighted that the key to growing the economy is through low carbon technology and that a lot can be achieved by […]
One of the major hurdles for our Jordan Dam hydro scheme has been permission to take water from the River Don to power the Archimedes Screw technology we are proposing for the site. Abstraction Licences are given out by the Environment Agency, whose job it is to protect water supplies, navigation and the effect of […]
The grassroots support behind Sheffield Renewables has long been the driver of its aim to help Sheffield become a more environmentally sustainable city. The enthusiasm of local people to deliver locally produced and owned renewable energy is visible throughout the organisation, including volunteers, investors and supporters. This energy and commitment has again been demonstrated thanks […]
The grassroots support behind Sheffield Renewables has long been the driver of its aim to help Sheffield become a more environmentally sustainable city. Harnessing the enthusiasm of local people to help instigate a dramatic shift in the way energy is produced and owned locally is highlighted throughout the organisation, from the management group through to […]
We had a very successful AGM on January 31st, with 30 of our 65 members in attendance. Rob Pilling gave a very comprehensive Chair’s Report and thanked all the volunteers and our employees who had worked so hard to achieve so much this year. The annual accounts were presented and accepted, and two new rule […]
A BIG thank you to all those who voted for us in the EnergyShare funding competition. However, at 5pm on Saturday, in spite of all your help, we came SECOND. This was a very creditable result and we learned a lot from the exercise. Unfortunately there was no prize for second place. We were very […]
Two Sheffield groups are desperate for people to help them win British Gas cash to bring renewable energy to South Yorkshire and are calling for everyone to go online and make it a reality. Public voting for Millhouses Mill Buildings [1] and Sheffield Renewables [2] to win over £125,000 towards two local community renewable energy […]
Volunteers filled the room on Tuesday evening, eager to find out more about energyshare and how they could help out. The voting had been going less than 6 hours and Radio Sheffield had already broadcast a call to vote on our behalf. Once they realised that energyshare could provide £100,000 towards Jordan Dam Hydro (all […]
Below are brief daily updates of our progress in the energyshare national funding competition. If we are the most popular group in our category when voting closes, 5pm on Saturday 3rd December we will win £100,000 towards developing Jordan Dam Hydro. Everyone can register with energyshare and vote for us in a few minutes. You […]
The excellent news is we’ve been selected for the ‘Top 10’ vote on energyshare. This means we could win £100,000 towards development costs for Jordan Dam Hydro. We are in the ‘large’ project category where only one winner will be selected. There are also ‘medium’ and ‘small’ categories. To win the cash we need to […]