HOW TO SET UP A COMMUNITY OWNED HYDRO SCHEME
WORKSHOP - from Concept to Completion - and OPEN DAY
Date: Friday 2 July
Time: 11am – 3pm
Venue: Morden Hall Park (SM4 5JD, Morden Tube).
h2oPE (Water Power Enterprises) have considerable experience in establishing community owned hydro schemes. They set up the country's first such scheme in New Mills, Derbyshire and at Settle in north Yorkshire. They are currently working to establish 3 community owned hydro schemes during 2010 in Bainbridge, north Yorkshire and in Stockport.
h2oPE is a social enterprise, funded by the Co-operative Group, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Key Fund Yorkshire. Previous workshops in 2009 were attended by over 200 people from 78 community groups.
The workshop will look in detail at the financial, legal and regulatory processes that all schemes must engage with, as well as exploring the technical issues involved with hydro schemes. The financial details will include grants, share offers and bank loans while the regulatory processes will examine planning permission, the Environment Agency and lease arrangements.
The workshop is FREE to community groups. A charge of £250 per person will apply to attendees from local authorities.
Participants will be guaranteed to leave the workshop armed with a great deal of detailed knowledge about how to go set up a community owned hydro site. They will also learn about how to enter into a partnership with h2oPE who are always looking to establish community owned hydro schemes.
To book your place please email
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or telephone 07964 106037.
Open Day
In addition to the workshop, we will also be holding an ‘Open day’ - just come along:-
MD of h2oPE, Steve Welsh explains:
“To celebrate Co-operatives Fortnight we wanted to offer some practical advice to anyone interested in micro hydro or who might want to set up their own community-owned renewable electricity co-op, or a chance for people to become members of our latest River Bain Hydro co-op. It’s a chance to come along and find out what’s needed in order to get going. We’ve got a few schemes under our belt now and are happy to share our experiences.”
Venue: Morden Hall Park (SM4 5JD, Morden Tube)
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-mordenhallpark-2
Date: 2 July 2010
Time: 11am to 3pm
There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions during the workshop...
WORKSHOP ITINERARY
11.00 - 11:15 Introductions with Tea and Coffee
11:15 - 11:30 Purpose of the Day
11:30 - 1:00 Concept to Completion - How to Set up a Hydro Site (stakeholders and how to engage them)
Visit to Morden Hall Park’s own proposed hydro site
BREAK
1:30 - 2:30 The legal model (Industrial Provident Society) and Funding (grants, shares and loans)
2:30 - 3:00 Role of H2opE
OPEN DAY - ‘drop in’ sessions open to all 11am till 3pm
Videos of previous work undertaken by h2oPE
Model ‘archimedean screw’ - see how it works
River Bain Hydro - become a member of the latest hydro co-op
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