We’re very pleased to announce that our pioneer share offer has closed, with the full £66,000 of shares now sold and in the process of being allocated. This enables us to progress with the project speedily – expect to see a further share offer early in the New Year and construction soon thereafter. Our thanks go out to our 40 fantastic pioneer members!

We’re very pleased to say that the Pomona pioneer share offer is closing in on its target of £66,000 -we have just gone past the £50,000 mark. The grid connection has now been secured by a payment to Wester Power and we are working to complete the legal agreements on the site. That means we are on track to carry out the main share offer early in 2015 and install the panels shortly thereafter – hopefully in time to catch the first rays of Summer 2015.

We’re very pleased to say we now have planning permission for our first installation, at Stoke Edith. You can see a copy on our downloads page.

Pomona will be taking part in the Seeds for the Future event at the Courtyard Theatre, Hereford on Thursday (6pm-9.30pm), as part of the h-energy festivities.  It will be an evening of music, film, story telling and discussion around the future of living more sustainably in Herefordshire and there will be a chance to pick up a share offer document for Pomona and to ask us any questions you have about our plans.

We had a great turn out for the H-Energy Market Place in High Town, Hereford on Saturday. Many thanks to everyone who came to visit our stall and the enthusiasm shown for Pomona’s plans.  Our ‘sunshine sing along’ accompanied by the H-Energy travelling piano was great fun and may feature in the next edition of the Hereford Times, as we spotted their photographer in the crowd.

It’s great to see the first share applications arrive too, so thanks again and please keep them coming!

We’re delighted that Tarrington Parish Council have since supported our planning application formerly.  The environmental health officer for the council has no objections either and we’ve had a number of supportive comments submitted so far from members of the public – many thanks!

We’re arranging to attend the Stoke Edith parish meeting this weekend to explain more to them and we’re gearing up for the launch of the first share offer at ‘h-energy’ Market Place in High Town, Hereford, on Saturday 10-3.30pm. Be sure to come and see us then, to find out more.

On Monday night we were warmly welcomed to the Tarrington Parish Council meeting to present the scheme to them.  The councillors asked a number of interesting questions about how it would work and recognised that it was very much in line with the Core Strategy for reducing carbon in the county.  We hope this means they will be supportive of the planning application, which they are currently being consulted on.

We’re pleased to see that the transport officer for the Council has also reviewed our planning application and has no objections to what we are proposing at Glebe Farm.

Comments are now invited on our planning application at Glebe Farm, near Stoke Edith  – please click here to support it.  The deadline for comments is Wednesday 8th October, so please do this as soon as you can.  Your support is really appreciated.

One of Herefordshire Council’s ecologists has reviewed our planning application and the ecology report included within this and has stated that he agrees with the findings and has no objection to our proposal.