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Keep your eyes open for Osney Lock Hydro on your telly this autumn. We were delighted to host a film crew making a series looking at the Thames from source to sea. As well as sharing the story of the project, we got the presenter hard at work cleaning the trash screen for us. Watch out…

We were delighted to welcome delegates from the Oxford Climate Change Conference down to the hydro for a tour. The conference brought together towns and cities across the UK and the rest of Europe who are committed to tackling climate change. Its aim was to strengthen our understanding of the issues, our support for each other…

One of the benefits of being part of the maintenance team is getting to see the river in its ever changing moods. This morning was no exception with mist rising of the river on a frosty morning.  If you’d like to get involved, do get in touch or sign up to join our ‘maintenance flash mob’…

Generation was briefly stopped today for our annual maintenance to be undertaken. Whilst Mann Power were hard at work checking over the hydro, we took advantage of the reduced water flows to remove two large logs that had been blocking the trash screen. Huge thanks to Fernando and James from Low Carbon Hub for bringing a…

We were delighted to welcome students from Nantes Lycée Livet to the hydro on 21 December.  The group of 16 students and teachers were our final guided tour of the year, which has seen our volunteer guides share the story of the hydro with over 200 visitors as part of the 20+ free guided tours…

Its been a busy old morning down on the river bank today. First a visit from a film crew from the Business Reporter keen to learn more about Osney Lock Hydro – watch this space for their report. Filming was temporarily halted to cheer on a  world record attempt – a 185 mile charity rowing challenge…

There are a fantastic range of free activities planned this autumn to celebrate 10 years of carbon cutting acting in West Oxford. There’s a food festival, musical events, Hogacre harvest celebrations and tours.  You can see the full programme below and book your free places via the LCWO website. For the past ten years, residents in…

Huge congratulations to the Low Carbon Hub for successfully commissioning the second community-owned hydro on the Thames.  Sited just a few miles down stream from Osney, the 440 MWp scheme comprises of three archimedean screws, and will generate 1.6 GWh clean green electricity every year. Like Osney, the project also incorporates a fish pass, which will…

A record breaking quarter has brought our total generation for the 2016-17 financial year to 225,137 kWh – or 125% of our annual target. That’s equivalent to the electricity typically used each year by more than 70 homes.

Wonderful to see the archimedes screws arrive downstream for the community-owned hydro being developed at Sandford-on-Thames.  The project will incorporate three screws and will generate a whopping 1600 MWh a year – enough for 450 households. You can also see the moment they first arrived in the village yesterday here You can keep up to date with…

With good generating conditions continuing on the river, we reached the 300,000 kWh generation point just before 9pm tonight. This brings the generation for this current financial year to date to 201,682kWh or 112% of our full 12 months annual target.  Our financial year ends at the end of the month, so we hope to…

Storm Doris has been keeping us busy here at Osney Lock Hydro, filling the river with twigs and leaves which are then finding their way into the trash screen. Throughout the autumn and winter, our team of volunteers visit the hydro daily and remove any debris from the trash screen which prevents items entering into the hydro.…