At our last AGM we asked members to consider whether or not they will want to withdraw their investment after 15 years, an offer that was set out in our Invitation to Invest. The Directors asked this question as the […]
Investors
Investors
In February 2009 Sustainable Hockerton Limited was established as an Industrial and Provident Society for the benefit of the community. It was born out of a relatively informal village meeting, where residents determined they wanted their community to be more […]
Annual report 2014/15
Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 270,637 kWh of zero carbon power and our new PV array produced 45,240kWh, displacing the emission of 145 tonnes of […]
Annual report 2013/14
Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 298,898 kWh of zero carbon power and our new PV array produced 1,103kWh, displacing the emission of 133.64 […]
Annual report 2012/13
Today SHOCK Directors reported progress on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 281,212 kWh of zero carbon power, displacing the emission of 146.33 tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil fuelled […]
Returns for the environment, economy and community
Today SHOCK Directors reported progress in 2010/11 on its sustainability objectives to its AGM. Environmental: In the last year our wind turbine has produced 264,487 kWh of zero carbon power, displacing the emission of 144.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide from […]
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 […]
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.
An invitation to invest
Today we launch our Invitation to Invest following the identification of a suitable wind turbine to install in our Parish. With planning permission already in place and the level of enthusiasm already demonstrated by local residents, we are confident that […]