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 […]
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 […]
Hydro-electric power from the River Don in Sheffield came a step closer this week with the announcement of over £65,000 raised by Sheffield Renewables [1] from a Community Share Offer [2]. The share offer was open to those who had already expressed an interest in their hydro scheme at Jordan Dam and contributes towards the […]
We recently submitted our bid to energyshare which we hope will win us a significant amount of the funding we need to build Jordan Dam Hydro. We now have a nervous wait until the judges announce the ‘Top 10’ projects which will go to the final public vote. This announcement will be made by the […]
Mark Wells, one of our directors and a long standing volunteer, has been appointed for the short-term, part-time Development Manager post. This appointment is critical to boost our capacity for running Sheffield’s first renewable energy Community Share offer. Many thanks to the high quality applicants that applied. It was a difficult decision but Mark’s prior […]
We are delighted that our Early Bird Share Offer has so far raised over £60,000 and brought in 40 more members who will help to steer the future direction of Sheffield Renewables. The success of this offer shows that we are well on track to raise the money we need for Jordan Dam Hydro. We […]
On August 18th some parents and children from Tinsley went along to their local children’s centre to take part in games and craft activities. South Yorkshre Energy Centre also had a stall showing children how to make a paper windmill and giving parents energy efficiency tips. We took along the model of our proposed Jordan […]
A big thank-you to everyone that helped us make it through the first round of the EnergyShare funding competition thanks to a burst of activity driven by our supporters. We were amazed that so many people got on board asking friends, neighbours and colleagues to support our plans for Jordan Dam Hydro by signing up […]
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Sheffield Renewables [1] is celebrating gaining planning permission for our Jordan Dam hydro power scheme near Meadowhall. Rob Pilling, Managing Director said “Planning permission for our hydro power scheme is a boost to our plans for community owned renewable energy in Sheffield. It is particularly encouraging that so much of the work was contributed by […]