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:Visitors from Reading University
A group of international students from Reading University visited the hydro on 13 March. The group, from the MSc course in Agriculture and Development, was accompanied by Dr Andrew Ainslie and briefed about the hydro by Simon Collings, a director of WOCoRe. The group was visiting two other small hydro sites on the Thames, including…