Generate electricity from the power of falling water
Gone are the days when hydropower was the preserve of the enthusiastic few, mill owners with engineering skills and a belief in renewable energy. Thanks to the Government’s Feed In Tariffs and a more pro-active approach from the Environment Agency, hydropower is now an attractive proposition which can offer pay-back periods of as little as 5 years.
If you own land bordering a stream which descends steeply, or land beside a river where there is existing infrastructure such as a weir or a leat, we would like to hear from you.
We offer a full range of services, from selling you the right turbine for your site, to full project management of the installation of your hydropower scheme. As an alternative, we can develop, own and operate the hydropower scheme on land leased from you, and pay you rent and free electricity in return.
What we like about hydropower:
- It is clean
- It is efficient, offering ‘water to wire’ energy transfer of up to 85%
- It is proven technology
- It is consistent: the rain falls, streams and the rivers flow to the sea, evaporation from the sea brings more rain, and so the cycle continues
The services we offer include:
- sales of all kinds of turbines
- detailed feasibility analysis, to allow you to assess the merits of your scheme
- application for abstraction and/or impoundment licence with the Environment Agency
- application for planning permission with the planning authority
- advice on ecological issues
- negotiation with stakeholders
- arrangement of project finance
- detailed engineering and system design
- project management of the installation process through to commissioning
We are lead consultants on a 250kW Community-owned hydro proposal in North Devon. Other recent work has included financial due diligence on a package of hydropower projects in South Wales, a total hydropower resource assessment for a County Council and feasibility analysis of a 100kW hydropower project for an industrial client.
If you think you may have a site which is suitable for hydropower then please contact us.
