Originally posted on 8 December 2010 Sheffield Renewables [1] has submitted an application for planning permission to build a hydropower scheme on Kelham Island. The project is a collaboration with Regeneration Officers at Sheffield City Council, and Kelham Island Museum, part of Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust. John Hamshere, Chief Executive of Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust […]
Originally published on 7 April 2010 The feed-in tariff [2] introduced by the government last week is a great boost to our renewable energy scheme development plans. The feed-in tariff will provide us with slightly higher revenues than predicted when we started developing our hydroelectric schemes in 2007 and the fixed price means that we […]
Originally posted on 14 January 2010 Sheffield Renewables[1] has secured over £12,000 [2] through a local share offer. This money gives an important boost to plans to build a hydro electric scheme at Jordan Dam, on the Lower Don [3]. Mark Wells, Business and Funding Director for Sheffield Renewables said: ‘This is a great result. […]
Originally published on 25 November 2009 Our initial assessment suggests that the Jordan Dam scheme might cost around £450,000 to build and could generate around 380MWh/year of electricity. This is enough to power 130 typical family homes [1]. Sourcing this much electricity from hydroelectric generation rather than the national grid would save about 200 tonnes […]
Originally posted on 8 November 2009 At first glance it might be hard to spot a connection between Sheffield Renewables [1], a football club, private day care nursery and grocery shop but all are being supported by the Community Shares [2] project due to their community-owned enterprise success. Sheffield Renewables has been awarded one of […]
Originally posted on 2 February 2009 Sheffield Renewables has moved into an office at South Yorkshire Energy Centre (SYEC). The centre is registered under the Sustainable Energy Academy’s old home ‘SuperHome’ scheme (see the Sustainble Energy Academy’s website). It is over 100 years old and had its carbon emissions reduced by over 60% through careful […]