Our work on the Buckfast waterwheel underlines our capability to provide intelligent refurbishment of sites, assessing existing equipment, and where possible retaining sound infrastructure and integrating new technology to achieve either energy capture improvements, reduction in manual intervention, or compliance with new environmental best practice.
The Shenfield Mill Archimedes screw turbine will have a maximum generating capacity of 60kW, which would be sufficient to meet the annual electricity needs of approximately 78 English homes. The scheme will also involve the construction of an intake, discharge and turbine channel adjacent to the Weir, construction of a generator building and reinstatement of landscape and a planting scheme.
The Radyr Weir hydro scheme located on the River Taff, South Wales, is now fully completed and operational. The 2 x 200 kW Archimedes screw turbines, with their combined capacity of 400 kW, were commissioned in December 2015.
This 350 kW Pelton turbine on the Afon Gafr, Nant Peris, will generate around 1,100,000 kWh per year, equivalent to powering roughly 333 UK homes (based on a median UK consumption of 3300 kWh, EST 2012), as well as a carbon saving of around 473 tonnes per year.
The Beasley Weir hydro scheme is located on the River Barle, near Dulverton, is an exemplar of environmental sustainability and incorporates a 78 KW Archimedes screw and natural fish pass.
Construction work is forging ahead with installing the Radyr Weir Archimedes screws. Renewables First were hired by Dawnus to produce the detailed designs for the 400 kW Radyr Weir Archimedes screws, project managed and installed by Dawnus.
Installed by Renewables First, this cross flow turbine installation is located at Curlew Cottage, Inchlaggan, adjacent to Loch Garry approximately 30km north of Fort William.
Work is proceeding apace on the Afon Gafr hydro scheme at Nant Peris, Snowdonia. Throughout the last six weeks, Renewables First has project managed the civil, mechanical and electrical engineering elements of the hydro scheme. The 350 KW Pelton turbine is now installed inside the newly constructed turbine house.
Renewables First was commissioned by Dawnus Construction to undertake the detailed hydro design for the 400 kW Radyr Weir hydro scheme for Cardiff City Council.
This 80 KW hydro scheme on the River Barle, a large tributary to the Exe near Dulverton, was granted planning permission earlier this year.
Renewables First design, speciify and install a high head 350 KW Pelton turbine on the Afon Gafr, Nant Peris, in Snowdonia National Park for Peris hydro Ltd.
Saddleworth Community Hydro wins the Community Energy Collaboration Award, recognising the ground-breaking association between a community group and United Utilities.
Renewables First picks up two prestigious West Midlands Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) awards in recognition of its recently completed hydro scheme at Pershore Weir.
David Balmforth, President of ICE, awards Renewables First the North West Civil Engineering Community Project Award 2015, for their work on the Saddleworth Community Hydro scheme.
The Pershore Weir twin Archimedean screw hydropower scheme, designed and installed by Renewables First, was successfully commissioned on 20th August 2014 by Spaans Babcock. The scheme has since won an Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) award for innovation.
One of the technical challenges of this project is getting electricity from the turbine house to the point of consumption at Pershore leisure centre on the opposite side of the river some distance away.
Before allowing water to fill the inlet channel, work was undertaken to prevent erosion of its banks over time, as well as encourage plant growth.
Construction works at Pershore Weir have now proceeded to the point where the Archimedean Screw installation can commence.
With work on the turbine house progressing apace, the two Archimedes hydro turbines arrive in tandem at Pershore Weir.
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