Ethical, green Christmas presents are here!
Sheffield Renewables has the perfect gift for a more ethical, green and local Christmas present; we are very excited to announce that shares in the organisation can now be bought as presents (shares start at £250 with an option of paying in monthly instalments.) Around £1.7 billion is spent on unwanted Christmas presents each year, […]
Hydropower Taking Over the World (well not quite)
Here at Sheffield Renewables we knew that we weren’t the only ones wanting to create electricity from hydro sources, what we didn’t know is the extent of its use in other countries. So here come the very impressive figures; 59% of Austria’s, 69% Of Canada’s, 79% of Iceland’s, 87% of Brazil’s and a massive 99% […]
New Additions to Sheffield Renewables
Whilst it is all systems go for the Community Share Launch on Saturday 15th September work on the rest of the project and organisation carries on. We have recently recruited two paid employees to give us the organisational capacity to speed up both the fundraising and project development. Emma (pictured) has joined us as General […]
Kelham Island raft race success
Sheffield Renewables sailed home to victory with their homemade bright orange flag and won the prize of raft and crew covered in the most flour. Crowds lined the banks of the river Don armed with flour bombs and water pistols and did a very good job of covering the rafts in flour. The Sheffield Renewables […]
Another opportunity to hear about our Share Offer…
We are holding a series of informal talks aimed at giving potential investors and those just interested in hearing about what we are doing more information about Sheffield Renewables, the Jordan Dam project and our Share Offer. It would be an ideal opportunity for anyone who was not able to attend the Share Offer Launch […]
Share Offer Launch presentations
The Launch of our Share Offer took place on Saturday 15th September in Sheffield city centre to an audience of around 50 people. It was an interesting afternoon with a variety of presentations, home-made cakes and a chance to talk to existing investors and volunteers. We have managed to raise £71,800 so far, but there […]
Share Offer now launched!
The Launch of our Share Offer took place on Saturday 15th September in Sheffield city centre to an audience of around 50 people. It was an interesting afternoon with presentations from a variety of speakers, home-made cakes and a chance to talk to existing investors and volunteers. We have already managed to raise £73,800, but […]
Down By The Riverside
Our next public outing, where you can find out about our Share Offer: We are having a stall at Kelham Island Down by the Riverside event on Saturday and Sunday, September 22nd & 23rd. We will be there from 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 11 am to 4 pm on Sunday. We […]
Share Offer Launch Event
Investing in Sheffield Renewables Share offer launch – Saturday, September 15th 2012, 3pm ~ 4:30pm Central United Reform Church, 60 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JB (Map) We are very pleased that Simon Tilley, who led the very successful community renewable energy development in the village of Hockerton in Nottinghamshire, will be our main speaker at […]
Speaker Confirmed for Launch Event
We are very pleased that Simon Tilley, who led the very successful community renewable energy development in the village of Hockerton in Nottinghamshire, will be our main speaker at our Share Offer Launch event on Saturday, September 15th at 3pm at the United Reform Church in Norfolk St. Their Share Offer has been so successful […]
Community Share Offer – an invitation to invest
Sheffield Renewables Community Share Offer will be launched on Saturday 15th September 3pm at the United Reform Church on Norfolk Street, Sheffield city centre. An Invitation to Invest from Dr Richard Collins, Chair. “The challenges of climate change and creating a sustainable society are enormous, yet bring with them a great opportunity to work together. Renewable […]
Woolhope Woodheat
Woolhope Woodheat are planning to bring ‘green’ heating to the community at Canon Frome Court. They currently have a Community Share Offer running until the end of September 2012. Your can read all about it on their website: http://woolhopewoodheat.org.uk They also recently had an article in The Guardian Money section. This is the country’s first […]
Alternatives? A Co-Operative Economy!
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 […]
Press Release: Community Share Offer for Sheffield Green Hydro Project Gets the Go-ahead
Renewable energy from hydro-electric power on the river Don came a step closer with the announcement this week of the launch of the campaign to raise finance for the scheme at Blackburn Meadows on the Sheffield/Rotherham border. Community energy group Sheffield Renewables is launching a Community Share offer to raise the £250,000 needed to begin […]
Share Offer Launch – Saturday, September 15th
The launch of our Community Share Offer will be on Saturday, September 15th at 3pm at the United Reform Church in the city centre. We need to raise £250,000 towards the cost of building Jordan Dam. More details will be on the website shortly. If you want to attend the launch, please email info@sheffieldrenewables.org.uk
The Green Fair
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 […]
Jobs and Growth in a Low Carbon Economy
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 […]
Our Volunteers
Sheffield Renewables was formed by a group of volunteers and we continue to benefit enormously from the enthusiasm, commitment, skills and experience of our volunteers. They continue to be the driving force behind the ongoing development of the organisation as we strive to realise our goal to fund, develop, own and operate renewable energy schemes in a […]
Powerstation Sheffield
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 […]
June 2012 Newsletter
Click here to download as PDF People In May we welcomed our new Project Manager, James Heather, who will be working with us for two days a week. He will be concentrating on Jordan Dam hydro, finalising the agreements and getting documents ready for the invitation to tender. James brings with him considerable hydro experience […]