Author Archive | MikeF

After 2 weeks of downtime and 5 days onsite the turbine is back generating again. Woohoo! We expected 10 days of downtime and 2 days onsite for repairs but we were delayed by leaking stop logs and awkward access for lifting. Many thanks to everyone who helped with this repair. See the blog

The turbine had to be shut down on Friday 20th January 2023 because the bearing at the bottom end of the turbine failed. This is not uncommon for archimedes screw turbines and ours has lasted much longer than most. Fortunately we discovered it before any major damage was done but it does mean we will […]