Media Coverage
Check out the latest press coverage of our activities and achievements. The orange words link to articles that are available online. If you spot any coverage that isn’t on this page, please email info@sheffieldrenewables.org.uk and let us know.
January 2012
Enterprise Solutions Northamptonshire included a paragraph on us in their article on a 24% Rise in Co-operative Energy Enterprises
19th: The celebrations continued as Sheffield Telegraph followed up on their previous week’s article and told everyone about planning permission being granted for Kelham Island Hydro
18th: Click Green, Windmill Post and Yorkshire and Humber Microgeneration Partnership joined in the celebrations, publishing articles about us getting planning permission for Kelham Island Hydro.
17th: Yorkshire Post, BBC News South Yorkshire and Postcode Gazette published articles whilst Radio Sheffield and Sheffield Live! (23:25 in) broadcast interviews about our success getting planning permission for Kelham Island Hydro.
12th: Sheffield Telegraph informed people that, on the following Monday, the council would decide whether to grant planning permission for Kelham Island Hydro
10th: Yorkshire Post published an article on the uncertainty as to whether the council would grant Kelham Isand Hydro planning permission on the following Monday.
December 2011
12th: Hexham Courant mentioned us in an article about the outcome of the EnergyShare competition.
2nd: Rony Robinson from Radio Sheffield interviewed us and Millhouses Mill Buildings about our desperate need for last minute EnergyShare votes. Later in the day we encouraged students to vote in our interview with Forge Radio.
1st: Freelance journalist Marishka issued an article about Millhouses Mill Buildings and ourselves ‘getting on with it’ in the EnergyShare competition whilst the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban struggles to make big improvements. Reference was made to us in a comment on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s article about Energy Share in the Guardian.
November 2011
Lush encouraged people to vote for us in their article on the Green Summat Gathering.
29th: Northumberland and the Boarders Magazine mentioned that we were the main competition against Hexham in the EnergyShare competition.
28th: Yorkshire Post published a plea for people to support Sheffield Renewables and Millhouses Mill Buildings in the EnergyShare funding competition. Paul Blomfield MP encouraged people to support us in EnergyShare via his November newsletter.
25th: Sheffieldish Daily directed people to our EnergyShare voting information.
23rd: Sheffield Star explained why residents should vote for us to win EnergyShare with another journalist lending their support at the end of a second article. Meanwhile The Businessmums Daily and The Harrod Horticultural Daily published articles about need for EnergyShare votes based on this one published by Queen of Easy Green. A big thanks to Lyndsey Young for writing the original article and getting it published. For the second link the article is near the bottom of the page so please do scroll down.
22nd: News Alloy encouraged people to view Lyndsey Young’s video of the Queen of Easy Green meeting us and asking for Energy Share votes.
17th: At Home magazine published an article written by Lyndsey Green encouraging people to vote for us on energyshare. Green Energy, Clean Energy embedded our video and encouraged readers to vote for us.
16th: Sheffield is My Planet wrote an article to drum up energyshare votes for us.
15th: Radio Sheffield let us announce the opening of voting on air. Sheffield South West Community Assembly lent their support to our friends at Millhouses Mill Buildings as well as us winning energyshare. A thread was started on Sheffield Forum, so more people know we both need their energyshare vote.
11th: Power from the Landscape have lent their support for us getting the most votes in energyshare funding competition.
4th: Heeley Online and Postcode Gazette published our request for support in the energyshare national funding competition while CO2Sense announced their support for our scheme.
October 2011
21st: Power from the Landscape publicised our progress, raising over £65,000 towards Jordan Dam Hydro.
19th: Click Green published an article on our Community Share plans for funding Jordan Dam Hydro.
18th: Yorkshire Post published an article on our funding success to date and plans for raising the remaining cash needed whilst Sheffield Live! interviewed us live at the start of the show.
17th: Radio Sheffield covered our success raising over £65,000 towards building Jordan Dam Hydro. It was mentioned in the news at the beginning, an hour in and there was interview at 1:54:19. Postcode Gazette published an article on the same topic.
9th: Together for Regeneration published a link to our November Newsletter.
September 2011
9th: Sheffield Telegraph mentioned us telling the deputy leader of the Green Party about our plans for Kelham Island and Jordan Dam Hydro.
Tinsley Tribune published an article on the ‘Tinsley Energy Buzz’ that will accompany the development of Jordan Dam Hydro.
August 2011
21st: Sheffield Telegraph published an article about our Labour MP supporting Jordan Dam Hydro.
13th: Sheffield Star published an article about our local MP supporting our plans for local, community owned hydro power schemes.
Co-operatives North West advertised our Development Manager vacancy. PCM Switch publicised our local MP’s support for Jordan Dam Hydro in their Business News section.
June 2011
30th: Radio Sheffield interviewed us live to help recruit supporters for our Energy Share funding application.
26th: Yorkshire Post mentioned our Jordan Dam Hydo scheme in an article about plans for hydro power in Penistone.
22nd: Postcode Gazette published an article on us getting past Stage 1 in the ERDF funding bid process, to raise moeny towards building our hydropower schemes.
21st: Co-operative News publicised our attendance at the Green Fair and Investor Talk in their Co-operative Fortnight Events section.
16th: New Heeley Voice published an article on opportunities for Heeley residents to get involved as supporters, volunteers and investors on page5.
13th: Yorkshire and Humber Climate Change Partnership, Yorkshire and Humber Environment Forum and Yorkshire Futures publicised our request for support with EnergyShare funding.
10th: Co-operatives Yorkshire and Humber updated people on our progress via their news page.
7th: Your Climate updated people on our progress.
6th: Sheffield Star printed an article about our share offer fundraising challenge for Jordan Dam.
May 2011
25th: CO2Sense and Community Shares joined in with articles about our successful Jordan Dam planning application.
24th: Yorkshire and Humber Microgeneration Partnership, Yorkshire Post, Sheffield is My Planet, and Business Link added to our celebrations, publicising our Jordan Dam planing success and upcoming share offer. Later that day Dean Pepall at Radio Sheffield spoke to us live during his show.
March 2011
30th: The Star mentioned that we attended Sheffield Low Carbon Showcase in theri article about the event
24th: Sheffield Telegraph published an article about the Sheffield Solar City initiative and our plans for Jordan Dam.
17th: Business Link published an article on our Jordan Dam planning application.
15th: at 6:30pm, Calendar News showed off our Jordan Dam model as well as our plans
14th: Energy Now included an update on our hydropower plans for Sheffield
5th: at 12:30, Sheffield Live! broadcast an interview about our plans for Jordan Dam.
4th: Radio Sheffield mentioned our Jordan Dam scheme throughout Dean Pepall’s show, culminating in an interview.
1st: Tinsley Tribune published an article on our plans for Jordan Dam.
January 2011
3rd: Sheffield Star published an article on our Kelham Island planning application
December 2010
15th: Social Enterprise and Cooperatives UK both spread the news about the Kelham Island planning application.
13th: The Big Issue in the North published an update on our Kelham Island planning application.
9th: Sheffield Telegraph published an article on our Kelham Island planning application. Meanwhile Radio Sheffield broadcast an interview with Cariad.
6th: eg magazine published a big article about our activities.
September 2010
27th: Alt Sheffield published an article about our share offer preparations.
August 2010
20th: BBC Sheffield wrote about us at the end of an article on renewable energy in Sheffield. Your Renewable News and Your Industry News spread the word.
June 2010
20th: Radio Sheffield broadcast in interview including our attendance at Holme Head waterwheel day.
12th: A member of Indymedia interviewed Cariad at Peace in the Park.
1st: Heeley Voice published an article about our model making workshops on their back page and repeated it on Heeley Online.
1st: Now Then published an article mentioning us on page 17.
April 2010
20th: Sheffield Star article on our hydro power plans for Jordan Dam
8th: Big Issue in the North mentioned our support of the Feed-in Tariff.
7th: Insider Weekly covered our support of the Feed-in Tariff.
February 2010
11th: Radio Sheffield’s Paulette Edwards interviewed Rob Pilling, Director, and Cariad.
2nd: Sheffield Blog covered our water power plans.
1st: Now Then mentioned us in the article on page 7.
January 2010
18th: Communities Live aired an interview with Mark Wells, Business and Funding Director.
21st: The Big Issue in the North printed a small article about us.
October 2009
Articles about our Community Shares success in Third Sector News, Social Enterprise and Plunket weekly news.
