The design team from Renewables First that worked on the Radyr Weir hydro scheme were proud to learn that the project was to be awarded the 2017 George Gibby Award for the Best Civil Engineering Project in Wales, awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers Wales Cymru.
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GoFlo Screens was recently a “Highly Commended” Small Scale Project Of The Year at the Energy Efficiency & Healthy Homes Regional Awards 2017. The award relates to the design, supply and installation of its travelling water intake screen at the Kenningstock Mill 25 KW hydropower scheme.
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Renewables First has been hired by a renewable energy developer to undertake a series of hydropower feasibility assessments on Forestry Commission Scotland Estate. This included a site on the Allt na Fearna in the Auchteraw Forest near Fort Augustus.
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Having long dreamed of a hydro installation on our private burn, we sought high and low for a company who were willing to take on a smaller scale scheme which remained viable. Renewables First happily stepped in to accommodate us, providing a positive feasibility study and secondly going on to carry out and manage all aspects of the scheme.
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“At Radyr Weir, we had a very short timescale to design and install the hydro scheme. Renewables First were fantastic throughout in ensuring that the deadlines were met. They very quickly produced detailed design drawings for the fish and eel passes, powerhouse... Read more...
Owned by United Utilities, the Errwood hydropower scheme is a Replacement Project in which an old and inefficient 150 kW turbine (actually a pump working in reverse to generate electricity) installed back in the 1980’s, was replaced with a much more efficient purpose-built 100 kW Francis turbine.
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2016 was a very productive year for Renewables First, as it played a key role in a number high-profile hydropower and windpower schemes throughout the UK. The year also saw the installation of two GoFlo self-cleaning screens on hydropower sites, by our sister company, GoFlo Screens Ltd.
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The Cochwillan hydro scheme utilises a large GoFlo self-cleaning screen located on the water intake. GoFlo screens are fully automated and self-cleaning screens, with a rotating mesh that scoops debris out of the water and deposits it in a trough to be flushed downstream of the turbine.
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Situated in the mountainous terrain within the Brondanw Estate, the hydro scheme will be located on the Afon Maesgwm and feature a 100 kW Turgo hydro turbine, installed by Renewables First.
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Details of the twin Archimedes screw hydropower scheme at Radyr Weir are published in Spotlight by the British Hydropower Association.
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The British Hydropower Association publishes an in-depth article on the design innovations of the GoFlo self-cleaning screen in its Spotlight publication.
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The site is now settled in, the bankside vegetation is established, and the area of land which has now become an island has become something of a nature refuge.
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