Work on the 500kW Kirkthorpe hydro project in Yorkshire (pictured) has kicked-off after developer Barn Energy secured the green light from local planners.
The £5.3m run of river project on the River Calder is expected to be completed later this year on lands owned by Wakefield Council.
It will deploy a single Kaplan 500kW axial turbine and will power around 800 households. Eric Wright Group is the main civil engineering contractor.
Barn Energy chief executive Mark Simon said: “Yorkshire is leading the way with low-head hydro power in this country, and helping to drive a new wave of investment into the country’s infrastructure.
“Thrybergh and now Kirkthorpe, and the other river hydro schemes that we hope will follow, offer baseload electricity and deliver clean energy highly efficiently into the local grid. They are very long-term sources of clean electricity.”
Image: Barn Energy
Kick-off for Yorkshire hydro
Eric Wright Group building at Barn Energy's 500kW Kirkthorpe project
By EBS