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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:Bees in the hydro garden

We’ve been spotting a variety of bee species at the hydro this spring. They are feeding on nectar from the flowering shrubs and trees and the plants in the flower border. Here are photos of some of them. Davies’ colletes This is a type of plasterer bee. Like the mining bees the females create a…
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