We are delighted that Jonathan Porritt, leading environmentalist and writer, has recently lent his support to Pomona Solar and its vision for community owned solar arrays in Herefordshire: “On my last visit to Herefordshire, I gave a talk in which…

We’re working with a lot of very active projects with 8 share offers planned over the next 3 months Wales is really starting to embrace renewable energy co-ops. First…

Following the success of their first micro hydro co-operative share offer last autumn, Brecon Beacons-based energy group Llangattock Green Valleys is running a second, bigger share offer this spring. Through their…

We’re very pleased to say we finally got approval for the Renewable Heat Incentive. The process has been hard work – both in the level of detail required and the difficulties put in our way by misdrafted legislation (somebody missed … Continue reading →

Egni Solar is one of the first solar co-ops in Wales, which is planning to install 105kW of solar photovoltaic panels in total, on 7 community buildings in…

A little while since our last update and a lot has happened. We have had the turbine up and running in test mode and it has produced some energy. The final step to consistent generation is unfortunately taking a lot … Continue reading →

We’re going to be involved in a conference looking at the great things that are happening in UK co-ops and putting the negative stories of 2013 and the…

We’re delighted to say that Wedmore Community Solar , Dingwall Wind Co-op and Llangattock Green Valleys Hydro share offers are all complete – that’s well over £2m subscribed for community shares!…

The rain has come right on time as we enter what is hopefully the final week of installation. The famous stump that we found at the base of the weir has been removed finally and last Friday the slab which … Continue reading →

The generator installation was completed on Friday. The system is essentially ready to go once we have the inlet screen in place, which will probably take us into early next week. The photos also show the new eel pass in … Continue reading →