News | Tag: hydro
Expert views on Community Energy and Lowfield Green
11th May 2018
As previously advertised, York Community Energy co-hosted a public meeting with Yorspace on April 22nd, entitled “Building an Energy Community in York”. The purpose of the meeting was to gather members of both groups (and interested members of the public) to discuss the upcoming housing development at the Lowfield Green site in Acomb, where Yorspace have been …
Tags: community, events, housing, hydro, local, Lowfield Green, planning, solar, york, Yorspace
Ouse got the Power: a trip to Linton Lock Hydro
12th October 2016
York Community Energy takes a trip upriver to a site with a long history. At the York Community Energy AGM this June we heard all about the Linton Hydropower project – a new 280kW Archimedes screw turbine at the Linton Lock weir. The scheme promised not only clean power but also an overhaul of the …
Tags: events, hydro, local, study tour, york
September Study Tour to Linton Hydro
12th August 2016
Take a trip up the river with YCE! Join us on September 11th for a guided tour around our nearest hydropower scheme, and a picnic if the weather permits. If you attended our AGM, you’ll know all about Linton Hydro. They recently completed a £2.5m share issue for a hydropower scheme to harness the power …
Tags: events, hydro, study tour, york
An energetic AGM
16th June 2016
Last week was our second ever AGM. If you couldn’t make it – well, it was a pretty packed agenda! We asked members to arrive at 7pm for the business meeting section. We got the basics over and done with pretty quickly: the treasurer’s report on our modest finances and the election of our management …
“Powering the City” – a big success
17th September 2015
Our half-day conference “Powering the City” took place last weekend. We had over 60 people along and we’d like to thank everyone who attended and made the event so successful. Attendees and organisers tweeted throughout on the hashtag #YorkCE15. After a welcome introduction from YCE Chair, Richard Lane, our first presentation was from Debbie Trebilco, …
Tags: conferences, council, hydro, local, policy, solar, wind
