The ‘crisis of capitalism’ in recent years has resulted in growing numbers of people questioning the predominantly market driven, competition based nature of the businesses which provide our goods and services. If this system doesn’t necessarily benefit the vast majority of people, our society, our economy, or the environment, why be part of it? What […]
We had a very useful day at the Green Fair on Saturday, June 30th. We signed up about 30 new supporters and 10 potential investors, in spite of the sporadic downpours. Many thanks to Oliver and David (volunteers) who helped out for most of the day. We were kept completely dry by the wonderful orange […]
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 […]
Sheffield Renewables aren’t the only ones pioneering renewable energy generation across the city. There are a number of existing renewable schemes already making a valuable contribution to reducing the cities energy consumption. A new online project from Sheffield Renewables, called Powerstation Sheffield, has recently been launched aiming to gather data on renewable energy as it’s installed across […]
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 […]
Now that 2012 has begun we’d like to wish you a Happy New ‘International Year of Co-operatives’. Movements such as the global Occupy and national UKUNCUT highlight an increasing interest in ways of doing business that put people before profit. So it’s perfect timing for the United Nations to have declared 2012 International Year of […]
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 […]
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 […]
The August 2011 Newsletter can be downloaded here. We hope you enjoy reading it and post any public comments in the space provided below.
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 […]