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Herefordshire has one of the highest rates of solar PV installation in the UK and the farming community in particular is leading the way on renewable energy generation. We also have a huge renewable heating capacity in the county, as evidenced by the county's woodfuel strategy (available on request from New Leaf). 

During h.Energy 2011 a large number of events provided information about local renewable energy generation. For details please see the h.Energy brochure attached below, and check these events:

• Event 3: St Michael's Ledbury Solar Panels, HR8 1PL (daily)
• Event 5: Goodrich Village Hall, HR9 6HX (daily)
• Event 7: Celebration Launch of Solar Panels at Clehonger Village Hall HR2 9RD ((15th Oct)
• Event 8: WIND & SUN - Renewable Energy Open Day, HR6 0NR (15th Oct)
• Event 9: Ty Glyn, HR3 5HR (daily)
• Event 11: The Kilpeck Inn - the 'greenest' pub in the UK?, HR2 9DN (15th Oct)
• Event 13: Woolhope Dome Wood Fuel Project, HR1 4PG (15th Oct)
• Event 14: Display of free-standing panels and 6000+ tress planted in the last 16 years, HR6 0SQ (16th Oct)
• Event 15: Harvesting the benefits of renewable energy on a working farm, HR8 1HT (16th Oct)
• Event 16: The CountrySOLE Project, HR3 6LR (16th Oct)
• Event 18: Domestic renewable energy, Sevington Cottages, WR6 5AF (16th Oct)
• Event 27: Pioneering biomass boiler at Weobley Primary School, HR4 8ST (17th-21st)
• Event 30: Leading Edge Turbines, Skyrrid Farm, HR2 0BW (17th-21st Oct)
• Event 33: h.Energy at The Courtyard Theatre, HR4 9JR (17th Oct)
• Event 36: Transition Leominster Talk: Nuclear - will it keep the lights on?, HR6 8NJ (18th Oct)
• Event 41: Colwall Greener & Colwall Orchard Group’s Community Initiatives, WR13 6DT (19th Oct)
• Event 44: Renewable Energy on the Duchy of Cornwall Estate, HR2 8DA (19th Oct)
• Event 45: Specifying for PV systems, HR6 0NR (19th Oct)
• Event 52: Caplor Farm Energy Showcase, HR1 4PT (20th Oct)
• Event 53: Lean Green Business Machine..., HR1 2HY (20th Oct)
• Event 56: Bredwardine & Brobury Market with an Alternative Energy Theme, HR3 6BU (21st Oct)
• Event 57: Engineering the Bio-Energy Business Opportunity (EBEBO), HR2 7JE (21st Oct)
• Event 58: Sustainable Energy Sources at Lyons Hall Barn, HR2 0ST (21st Oct)
• Event 59: 'The Hopelands' village hall, Weobley, HR4 8SN (21st Oct)
• Event 61: Neal’s Yard Creamery visit, HR3 6AX (21st Oct)
• Event 63: Information Market Place, HR1 2AA (22nd Oct)
• Event 64: Domestic PV and Electric Vehicles open day, HR5 3EQ (22nd Oct)
• Event 65: Southern Solar Show House, HR5 3BJ (22nd Oct)
• Event 69: The Community at Canon Frome Court-Carbon Challenges and Sustainable Solutions, HR8 2TD (23rd Oct)

Choosing renewable energy technologies

metnet the (Marches Environmental Technology Network) provided an event for Farmers and Landowners in Herefordshire on Wednesday 7 December 2011 at the Hereford Racecourse.

This was an ideal opportunity to find out more about the range of alternative technologies available for energy production, subsequent cost savings and potential for income generation.

Sir Ben Gill CBE opened and chaired the event. Former president of the NFU, Sir Ben is actively involved on the Marches LEP Board, works with a range of FSTE 100 companies,  and in 2005 chaired the Government’s Biomass Task Force producing a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the uptake of biomass as a renewable energy source.

Delivered in association with Heartwoods the event featured presentations covering hydro power, biomass, solar and wind power and anaerobic digestion.   The presentations can be viewed by clicking on the links below:

Hydropower – David Williams, British Hydropower

Planning Considerations – Debby Klein, Herefordshire Council (Presentation available upon request to metnet)

Biomass & Renewable Heat Incentive – Nick Maskery, Heartwoods

Anaerobic Digestion – John Davies, E & J Solutions

Community Cooperative Financing Projects – Jon Halle, Sharenergy

Renewable Heat Incentives & Tariff Tax Implications – Whittingham Riddell

Solar & Wind – Caplor Energy Ltd