Planning Permission Granted for Kelham Island Water Wheel

Sheffield’s Kelham Island Hydro project was granted planning permission yesterday. The scheme has been developed by Sheffield Renewables [1] with support from Regeneration Officers at Sheffield City Council and Kelham Island Museum, part of Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust. Gaining planning permission is the first milestone towards installing a new water wheel near Kelham Island Museum. [...]

Local Impact on a Global Scale – Employment

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 [...]

Energy Share Outcome

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 [...]

Community contributes over £65,000 to Don Water Power

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 [...]

Powerstation Sheffield Begins

Sheffield Renewables has received funding from the organisation Artists Project Earth (APE) to develop a new project called Powerstation Sheffield. The project aims to encourage low carbon lifestyles and the development of local renewable energy schemes within the city, in a way that is accessible and relevant to everyone. A key objective of the project [...]