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.
Latest news
Featured General News
General News:A generating milestone
Record rainfall in September led to high river flows which prevented us from generating for much of October (see earlier post). We came back online on 25 October and have been running at close to full capacity since 1 November. In mid-November we passed a generation milestone: 1.5 million kWh produced since we started in…