Daily energyshare vote updates
Below are brief daily updates of our progress in the energyshare national funding competition. If we are the most popular group in our category when voting closes, 5pm on Saturday 3rd December we will win £100,000 towards developing Jordan Dam Hydro. Everyone can register with energyshare and vote for us in a few minutes. You […]
One month to help us win £100,000
The excellent news is we’ve been selected for the ‘Top 10’ vote on energyshare. This means we could win £100,000 towards development costs for Jordan Dam Hydro. We are in the ‘large’ project category where only one winner will be selected. There are also ‘medium’ and ‘small’ categories. To win the cash we need to […]
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 […]
Energyshare update
We recently submitted our bid to energyshare which we hope will win us a significant amount of the funding we need to build Jordan Dam Hydro. We now have a nervous wait until the judges announce the ‘Top 10’ projects which will go to the final public vote. This announcement will be made by the […]
Development Manager Appointed
Mark Wells, one of our directors and a long standing volunteer, has been appointed for the short-term, part-time Development Manager post. This appointment is critical to boost our capacity for running Sheffield’s first renewable energy Community Share offer. Many thanks to the high quality applicants that applied. It was a difficult decision but Mark’s prior […]
Success of Early Bird Share Offer
We are delighted that our Early Bird Share Offer has so far raised over £60,000 and brought in 40 more members who will help to steer the future direction of Sheffield Renewables. The success of this offer shows that we are well on track to raise the money we need for Jordan Dam Hydro. We […]
Volunteer Discussion Night Comes up Trumps
The room full of volunteers were chatting in small groups from the start at this month’s team based discussion night. The sneak preview of Powerstation Sheffield’s Renewable Trumps bought out the valuable team spirit as volunteers competed against fellow team members to practise for the team challenge. They soon realised that there was a serious […]
Kelham Island Consultation
On Sunday, August 21st we held a special event at Kelham Island museum to consult local residents about our plans to re-install a waterwheel in the wheel pit behind Kelham Island Brewery. We have been present at Kelham Island and the museum on about a dozen other occasions, but this time, in the light of […]
August 2011 Newsletter
The August 2011 Newsletter can be downloaded here. We hope you enjoy reading it and post any public comments in the space provided below.
Kelham Island Work Days
Over the weekend of August 20th/21st we carried out some more work at Kelham Island. We removed the straw bales that were used on the previous work day to prevent silt being carried out into the river. We carried out a detailed survey to enable us to build a hydrological model of the site. We […]
Tinsley Fun Day
On August 18th some parents and children from Tinsley went along to their local children’s centre to take part in games and craft activities. South Yorkshre Energy Centre also had a stall showing children how to make a paper windmill and giving parents energy efficiency tips. We took along the model of our proposed Jordan […]
Kelham Island Drop In
We have organised a drop-in session for anyone who lives or works in the Kelham Island area to find out more about our plans for re-instating a waterwheel in the old wheel pit behind Kelham Island Brewery. The session is being held on Sunday, August 21st from 10 am to 2 pm in the Education/Meeting […]
Talk for Potential Investors
Another 9 potential investors came along to a talk given by Mark Wells on Wednesday evening, June 29th. Mark repeated the talk given on our Investor Tour day back in May. The potential investors asked some very searching questions, but all seemed to go away satisfied, and some made a pledge on the website. Our […]
Green Fair
A really good team of volunteers turned out to promote our message at the Green Fair at St Mary’s, Brammall Lane on Saturday, June 25th. Good weather and good promotion by the organisers ensured a very busy day. Matt was with us to promote PowerStation Sheffield and had his new trump cards to try out […]
Development Manager (part-time) needed
We need a Development Manager to boost capacity at a critical time in our growth. This is a short-term, part-time (21 hours) transition post. For full details please download the full job description (310kb, pdf). Deadline for applications is August 26th.
EnergyShare Support Grows
A big thank-you to everyone that helped us make it through the first round of the EnergyShare funding competition thanks to a burst of activity driven by our supporters. We were amazed that so many people got on board asking friends, neighbours and colleagues to support our plans for Jordan Dam Hydro by signing up […]
Peace in the Park
On 4th June Sheffield Renewables attended the annual Peace in the Park festival. With a larger than usual space for our marquee (many thanks to Fireside Co-Housing), the day was an undoubted success with a total of 28 new supporters/volunteers/investors signing up on the day and others declaring an interest in coming along to future […]
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 […]
June 2011 Newsletter
The June 2011 Newsletter can be downloaded here. We hope you enjoy reading it and post any public comments in the space provided below.
Jordan Dam Planning Success
Sheffield Renewables [1] is celebrating gaining planning permission for our Jordan Dam hydro power scheme near Meadowhall. Rob Pilling, Managing Director said “Planning permission for our hydro power scheme is a boost to our plans for community owned renewable energy in Sheffield. It is particularly encouraging that so much of the work was contributed by […]