Sheffield Renewables was formed by a group of volunteers in late 2007. We are committed to improving Sheffield’s environmental sustainability. We aim to harness local enthusiasm, knowledge and skills, in creating an energetic and committed social enterprise, which develops, owns and operates renewable energy schemes for the benefit of Sheffield’s local communities. We were formed […]
We had a good AGM on Tuesday, March 26th, just a year since our Special General Meeting in 2013. 42 members were present. Richard Collins, our chair, brought everyone up to date with what has been happening since the SGM, especially the installation of our first solar PV scheme at Paces. His full report can […]
After a year developing a community solar project Sheffield Renewables is very pleased to announce that work commenced last week installing 50kW of solar panels at High Green Development Trust’s (HGDT) Paces Campus Community Centre. The scheme’s 50 kW array will cover an area larger than a tennis court and have a lifespan of up […]
Sheffield Renewables are giving the fish population in the River Don a Christmas present to be delivered in 2013. Incorporated into our plans for Jordan’s Dam Hydro are a fish and eel pass and improvements to the river channel to make it more fish and eel friendly. The weirs on the Don acts as barriers […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We had a very successful model-making session on Sunday, February 12th. Eight volunteers gave up their Sunday afternoon to start to make modifications to the renewable energy models that we will be taking to the festivals this summer. More work will be done on the Archimedes screw, the small wind turbine and the bike generator […]
We had a very successful AGM on January 31st, with 30 of our 65 members in attendance. Rob Pilling gave a very comprehensive Chair’s Report and thanked all the volunteers and our employees who had worked so hard to achieve so much this year. The annual accounts were presented and accepted, and two new rule […]
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 […]