Whitby Esk Energy was one of the local case studies in the latest hearing of the North Yorkshire Rural Commission. The report on the hearing starts with: “There is no vaccine for climate change and no simple expedient whereby we can flick a switch and it will all go away. We are coming through an […]
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Changes to the Esk Energy team
Rory Newman was appointed as Chair of Esk Energy (Yorkshire) Limited at the AGM in September following Colin Mather’s decision to stand down as Chair after leading the team since the start of the project. Mike Ford spoke on behalf of the Esk Energy team saying, I’ve known Colin since 2006 when I joined him […]

Community Energy England 2030 Vision and 2020 State of the Sector
Two new reports from Community Energy England that members of the Esk Energy team contributed to: and

Northern Power Grid community energy strategy 2020-2023
Esk Energy was interviewed as part of the process undertaken by Northern Power Grid in developing their strategy for engaging community energy organisations in the region over the next three years. Their community engagement strategy was recently published, with a photo from an Esk Energy event on the front cover. Northern Power grid has committed […]

Visitors from Canada
On 22nd February we were visited by Associate Professor David Lubitz and Scott Simmons from the School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada. David has a research programme on microhydro turbines. The long term goal is to develop improved tools for designing Archimedes screw generator installations optimized for their sites. They came to take a variety […]