The Whitby Esk Energy – Ruswarp Hydro
a community-owned 50kW Archimedes screw hydroelectric turbine on the River Esk at Ruswarp, near Whitby, North Yorkshire
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The scheme is run by volunteers through Esk Energy (Yorkshire) Limited, a registered society. Our main aim is to reduce the carbon footprint of the Esk Valley through generating renewable electricity. Learn – Share – Educate
Welcome to our co-opted Director
Rory Newman was co-opted as a Director at the strategic management meeting held on 22nd November 2018. Following retirement from being a GP in Sleights, he has proved a useful member of our operations team and is co-ordinating our Friends of Ruswarp Hydro working parties.
Friends of Ruswarp Hydro – successful working party
We held our second Friends of Ruswarp Hydro Working party on 8th November 2018. As well as getting some exercise whilst we worked on site we were lucky to see a kingfisher fly past. We then enjoyed a drink at the Bridge Inn after.
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- Checking turbine
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- Clearing leaves
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- Managing trees
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- Logs cleared from inlet
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- New habitat pile
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- Well earned rest
Working with Durham University
We are delighted to have had working with us this year a student from Durham University working on possible ways to reduce head loss in our inlet channel, which could potentially improve power output.
Liam Wood a student on the Durham University MSc in New and Renewable Energy worked with us this year. His unpublished Durham University MSc Project report is titled Model, Analysis and Improvement of a Hydro Turbine Intake System (2018). Thanks to Liam and his supervisor Dr Lian Gan for their work.
