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The poppies are in bloom on site, and we are open for visitors most Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Pop on by and see the wild flowers, try out our human sundial and catch the hydro in action as we continue to generate with the spring generation season continuing into summer. Local member David Jeffrey popped…

We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of David Hammond, architect of Osney Lock Hydro's beautiful power house and a key driving force of climate action in our community.

It’s been a mixed year for generation for WOCoRe. The very dry summer, followed by periods of heavy rain made for poor generation conditions for hydro. Total generation for April 2022 to March 2023 was 104,901kWh. At 58% of our target of 180,000kWh, this falls towards the bottom end of the possible generation range. As the graph…

Grid edge innovation at Osney This summer has seen some changes at Osney Lock Hydro including the installation of two batteries on site. So after a very dry summer, we are delighted to see river flow conditions picking up as we enter the traditional winter generation period, so we can start putting them to work.…

Net Zero Review hydro visit We were delighted to welcome Chris Skidmore MP at Osney Lock Hydro on the last day of his Net Zero Review engagement tour today. Barbara Hammond led a tour around Osney Island and the hydro, highlighting the important of community action at ‘the grid edge’ in the transition to a…

Following the sad news of her Majesty’s death, the organisers of Oxford Open Doors took the decision to continue the event as an opportunity to honour her contribution to Oxford’s great heritage. As a result we went ahead with our planned opening on the afternoon of Saturday 10th September and were delighted to welcome 179…

One upside of the recent heavy rains is that we’ve been generating over recent days – a far earlier start to the autumn generation season than usual.  We’ll see in the next few days if the rain has filled the aquifers and rivers or if this is just a temporary bonus.