The founding Small Wind Co-op Board is made up of Sharenergy team members. At the first AGM new members will be invited to stand for the Board – anybody who buys shares becomes a member and is eligible to stand.
Sharenergy has no long-term control of the Small Wind Co-operative – we are just there to help get the project off on the right foot. It’s a role we are well prepared for. Sharenergy was founded in 2011 and has worked on over 30 successful community energy projects across the UK. These include hydro, solar PV and the UK’s first heat co-op, as well as several community-owned wind turbines in Scotland: Dingwall Wind Co-op, Wester Derry Wind Co-op and Heartland Community Wind.
Leila Sharland is the main project worker for Small Wind Co-op. Leila has a background in medium, farm-scale wind turbines having worked for Dulas and Digital Engineering before joining Sharenergy in 2014.
Jeremy Thorp is a renewables expert working across the technologies. With a background in electricity grid modelling, he now fronts up Sharenergy’s rural grid research project while supporting a range of community energy projects and championing electric bicycles
Eithne George is a co-founder of Sharenergy. She currently fronts up Sharenergy’s Administration service, providing essential backend support to over 20 community energy Societies. Eithne is also a co-founder of the Hub, a global network of social enterprise workspaces
Jon Hallé is the other co-founder of Sharenergy. He has been working in community energy since 2003 with Goldenfuels, Energy4All and Sharenergy. Previously Jon worked as a internet company CTO and for campaign group The Land Is Ours. He was awarded Community Energy Champion in 2015