Osney Lock Hydro

Part of west oxford community renewables

Osney Lock Hydro is the first community-owned hydro scheme to be built on the Thames.

Set on the banks of the river at Osney Lock – opposite the site of Oxford’s first electrical power station – it is one of only three sites suitable for hydro generation in the city. Building work started in the summer of 2013, with electricity generation beginning in May 2015.

The scheme harnesses the power of the river to generate clean green electricity and reduce the community’s carbon emissions, while creating a sustainable income stream to fund environmental projects for decades to come.

Osney Lock Hydro generates more than 179,000kWh of clean electricity annually – equivalent to the electricity used by 55 homes.

Osney Lock Hydro is part of West Oxford Community Renewables.