May 2015 13 hydro schemes in Yorkshire area currently ongoing - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Sam O’Neill Telecoms Manager May 2015

• 13 hydro schemes in Yorkshire area currently ongoing
• Changes to Feed In Tariff; further reduction prompting a

height of activity

• Limited amount of suitable assets that are viable:

Flow and head height v Access, connection to grid, heritage etc.

• Developer UK Hydro, Planning and EA licence consented
• Issues - CRT only own half weir, limited access rights to

2018

• Construction due to commence Summer 2015

• Developer UK Hydro
• EA application submitted however,

Issue with pollution dilution and depleted reach

• Looking at other options rather

than Fishponds weir

• Developer Yorkshire Hydro
• EA licence consent
• Failed planning due to flood risk and visible
• appearance. Have now reached agreement with

EA on how to overcome the flood risk

• Developer UK Hydro
• Planning and EA consents, awaiting FPP approval
• 3 turbines generating 450kw

• Existing hydro scheme, not on C&RT land
• Developer wishes to add another screw and canoe slalom

course

• EA licence variation submitted

• Developer UK Hydro
• Planning and EA licence consent
• One Archimedean screw generating100kw
• Construction due to commence Summer 2015

• Developer Barn Energy
• Kaplan turbine, generating 500kw
• Mainly on Wakefield Council land, long

access track

• EA and Planning consented
• Due to start construction

Summer 2015

• 50/50 with Greene King (Ship Inn)
• Got planning permission awaiting EA

consent, due end of May

• Small scheme (100kw) but relatively easy

build

• Due to start construction Autumn 2015

• Started Construction February
• Due to complete 11th September 2015
• Generation approx. 280kw

• Following sites are currently at Pre-app stage, planning &

EA:

• Horbury Junction, River Calder, 100kw
• Knottingley, River Aire, 500kw
• Rotherham Weir, River Don, 220kw