West Oxford Community Renewables
West Oxford’s pioneering force in community-owned renewable energy generation
What we do
Community-owned renewables for over a decade, powering West Oxford into a zero carbon future
Hydro-power
Osney Lock Hydro is the first community-owned hydro on the Thames
Solar power
Our solar PV arrays generate more than 100MWh of electricity a year
About us
West Oxford Community Renewables (WOCoRe) installs and manages community-owned renewable-energy schemes across our community. These generate clean, green electricity, and provide a sustainable income stream to support further local environmental activities, delivering a double carbon cut.
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General News:Discovering our moths
We’ve embarked on a journey at Osney Lock Hydro this year discovering some of the moths present at the site. Most moths fly at night, so we use a light trap to attract and capture them. The moths are unharmed by this and are released after recording. We checked for moths twice last year and…