Generating

Another milestone reached on 28th July 2017.

The winter rain has meant that even though last summer was very dry, we have exported more than our annual target of 117,600 kWh in the year April 2015 – March 2016. We estimated the carbon footprint of the installation to be 150 tonnes (Te) of carbon to cover the CO2 used for things such as production, transport and concrete in the installation. According to DECC, 0.542Te CO₂ is saved per MWh of electricity produced, therefore we needed to generate 276.7 MWh to cover the CO₂. We have in effect paid back the carbon used in the production and installation of the turbine within 3 years of starting generating (payback date = 19^th November 2015).

We have generated over 300MWh since we were commissioned on the 12th December 2012, saving over 160Te of carbon.

Visit our pages in the Generating section to see the ups and downs of generating using the water from River Esk.

The graph shows the amount of electricity we exported in each month in 2013 and up to the end of 2014.  Due to the scale the small amounts exported in July 2013/14 and August 2013 do not show.

During 2014 we exported approximately 122,000 kWh of electricity.

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We have often been asked if you can buy the electricity we generate. Co-operative Energy, the energy supplier which buys our electricity, has set up a scheme called User Chooser. User Chooser allows you to indicate your preference in relation to the electricity generation types against which you would like your electricity consumption to be offset. Therefore, if you are a Co-operative Energy customer you can now choose the Whitby Esk Energy project. Our Generator Profile page includes a chart showing the electricity we have exported over the last 12 months.