The residents of Hockerton Housing Project have installed another community-owned solar PV system. This will expand the PV generation by the co-operative from 7.6kW to 13.6kW and make the site a net exporter of electricity. We decided to install additional […]
Renewable energy
Wind rush in Hockerton
Two wind turbines have popped up around Hockerton. Patrick, a local organic farmer, has installed a Gaia 11kW and another local farmer has erected an Enercon E33 near Eakring. SYNERGY the transition group in our neighbouring town of Southwell is also working […]
Village wind turbine reaps financial reward
Hockerton’s community-owned wind turbine is beginning to reap financial rewards for both its shareholders and the village. It has just paid out its first interest payment to members of 5%, only 18 months after production started. It has also made […]
Community energy: who benefits?
We’ve reached the end of another financial year and will now start thinking about the apportionment of income between different stakeholders. The principles behind the allocation was set out in our Invitation to Invest , and it still stands that […]
Wind turbine produces more electricity than village
The media continue to follow the progress of our community-owned wind turbine with interest, and today BBC Nottingham provides an online update. So far the turbine has generated over 240,000Kwh of electricity (latest figures from end of December 2010), the equivalent to […]
Our first AGM
Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its first AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 48,557kWh of zero carbon power, displacing the emission of 27.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil fuelled […]
BBC reports on Sustainable Hockerton
The BBC has today published a very positive write-up of our progress at Hockerton. Let’s hope it inspires more communities to take action.
“Four months after its installation a community owned wind turbine has generated over 76,708Kwh of electricity for the people of Hockerton.
Seventy-seven investors, over half of them local, donated £230,000, approximately £3,500 each, to buy the second-hand wind turbine.
The electricity created is fed into the national grid and sold on.
They hope to get up to 8% annual return on their investment and help the environment at the same time.”
Read more here.
Sustainabili-Tea
The recent opening of our wind turbine was attended by approximately 60 of our members, the majority of whom are local residents. We took the opportunity to thank them for their support with a cream tea in a local café, but […]
The story so far
Download our story so far to find out how our village installed its wind turbine.