Location: Osney Lock, Oxford Description: Installation of a 49 kW hydro turbine Projected Return: 4% pa. Closing Date: 7th May 2013 Amount: £250,000 Prospectus:
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Detail (Abingdon Hydro)
Name: Abingdon Hydro Ltd. Type: Bencom Reg No: 31792R Date established: 2012 Address: 2 Benson Road, Abingdon OX14 1LN Phone: Web: www.abingdonhydro.org.uk/ Twitter: @AbingdonHydro Facebook: www.facebook.com

Detail (Torrs Hydro)
Name: Torrs Hydro New Mills Ltd. Type: Bencom Reg No: 30335R Date established: 2007 Address:90 Market Street, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 4AA Phone: 01663 898070 Web: www.torrshydro.org Twitter: @Torrs_Hydro Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Torrs-Hydro/120431864679967

Detail (Stockport Hydro)
Name: Stockport Hydro Ltd. Type: Bencom Reg No: 30943R Date established: 2010 Address: 1 Crown Street, Hawk Green, Marple, Stockport, SK6 7JH Phone: Web: www.stockport-hydro.co.uk Twitter: Facebook: www.facebook.com/stockport.hydro.5

Detail (Neen Sollars Hydro)
Name: Neen Sollars Community Hydro Co-operative Type: Co-operative Reg No: 31333R Date established: 2011 Address: Cleobury Country Centre, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer DY14 8PE Phone: 01584 875881 Email: admin@shareenergy.coop Twitter: @sharenergy_uk Facebook:

Environment Agency consultation on hydro – deadline 2nd April
We received this email yesterday from Mann Power Consulting Ltd. Reading the consultation document, it does appear that only Option 1 will not have a significant impact on the development of new hydro schemes in England. Please take a few minutes to go to https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/portal/ho/br/standards/hydro?pointId=2407558 and add your response. Hello, As you’ve previously spoken with us about hydropower, [...]

Detail (Whitby Esk Energy)
Name: Esk Energy (Yorkshire) Limited Type: Bencom Reg No: SC320192 Date established: 2008 Address: c/o ‘Heatherley’, Dikes Lane, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, TS9 6HG Phone: 0741 0549 833 Web: www.whitbyeskenergy.org.uk Twitter: Facebook:
Share Offer (Whitby Esk Energy)
Location: River Esk at Ruswarp, near Whitby Description: To install a 50 kWp Archimedes Screw turbine generating 160,000 kWh annually. Projected Return: 3% (Year 6) – 5% (Year 9) Closing Date Wednesday 31st October 2012 Amount: £470,000 (total project cost) Prospectus:

Community energy: our village’s fight for a hydropower scheme
If community energy schemes are part of the government’s energy masterplan, why are there so many planning obstacles? Alison Cahn shares her frustrations with the current system Politicians of all hues love talking about community, urging people to get involved in planning, building and providing services for people in their area. But do they really know the [...]

Westmill solar co-op gets £12m backing from Lancashire council pension fund
From Blue & Green tomorrow. Lancashire county council’s pension fund has invested £12m in the UK’s first community-owned solar development in South Oxfordshire. Westmill, which is also believed to be the world’s largest solar co-operative, consists of 21,000 panels that generate enough electricity to power 1,400 homes. The project has agreed a deal with the [...]
Torrs Hydro
Torrs Hydro New Mills Ltd. was set up in 2007 to install a community finance hydro scheme on a weir [...]
Stockport Hydro
The Stockport Hydro scheme at Otterspool Weir is Manchester's first community-owned hydro-electric p[...]
Whitby Esk Hydro
Esk Energy (Yorkshire) Limited, run by a team of local people, have installed a 50kw hydroelectric t[...]





