A model water wheel that was built many years ago by one of our volunteers and water power enthusiast Rowan Watson-Taylor, has recently been restored and used in our current shop window display in the city centre. Rowan has given us the following information about water wheels: Water wheels are of tremendous historical importance in […]
Sheffield Renewables has made significant steps in enhancing their relationship with Engineers Without Borders. Based at the University, the Sheffield branch of EWB represents an obvious source of great potential, with many young engineers looking for opportunities to put their skills and ideas into practice. Using presentations put together by the SR communications team, points […]
The Zed Factory (Zero (fossil) Energy Development) is currently awaiting planning permission for its new PortZed zero-carbon housing development in Shoreham, East Sussex. The apartment complex is designed to be entirely self-powered and will be in the UK’s largest off-grid housing development when complete. A combination of wind turbines, solar thermal, photovoltaic cells and heavy […]
Sheffield Renewables [1] has submitted an application for planning permission to build a hydro power scheme at Jordan Dam, near Meadowhall. Rob Pilling, Managing Director of Sheffield Renewables said: “This is another important step bringing Jordan Dam water power closer to fruition. It represents a lot of hard work by our volunteers and has been […]
Come along and see our model of the Jordan Dam scheme in one of the Sheffield Showcase shop windows in town. The Showcase windows are empty shops that can be booked to advertise businesses or community groups. We have a window on Cambridge St, just off Pinstone St near Debenham’s. Our exhibition will be there […]
Sheffield Renewables’ new website has now gone live, with a range of subtle changes which make accessing the organisation’s growing content of news and resources easier for all to access. The simple but effective layout makes navigating the site a breeze. You can easily switch from news to resources to upcoming events on the titlebar, […]
It was good to see so many members and some non-members at our second Sheffield Renewables AGM last Wednesday. Five new core volunteer members were welcomed and three who came to the meeting were presented with their share certificates. Rob Pilling gave a very interesting summing up of the past 18 months. His report will […]