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Rory’s blog: winter 2024-5

I’ll start with some good news, as we all need a bit of cheering up when the weather is as cold and gloomy as it has been recently: we had another excellent year for generation: after a record year in 2023 we did even better in 2024, generating just under 160 MWh. As I write […]

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Share interest payments

Thank you to all our shareholders who have provided us with bank details so that we could make the recent share interest payment which you should have received in November. If you have not already given us your bank details, you can still send us them or let us know whether you would like to […]

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Autumn leaves

Rory’s Blog – autumn 2024

Autumn is certainly upon us: the nights are drawing in, and the trees are turning. We had a fairly dry late summer, so didn’t generate much, but since then it has rained….and rained – luckily for us not as torrentially as in other places, but it certainly filled up the river, and things have been […]

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Logs cleared from inlet

Rory’s Blog – summer 2024

Here we are in July, and I recently picked up a news article suggesting we’ve had one of the 6 wettest Springs since 1838; it certainly feels that way…but one real advantage of being involved with the turbine is that I can look out at the rain and think about all the lovely power we […]

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Whitby Esk Energy tours

Whitby Esk Energy tours

Would you like to visit our community-owned 50kW Archimedes screw hydroelectric turbine on the River Esk at Ruswarp, near Whitby and find out how we generate renewable electricity? We can arrange tours round the site for individuals and groups of up to 30, both during the week and at weekends, depending on the availability of […]

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