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Riverfly Spital Beck Sept 26

Calla Beck Riverfly session 19th September

Whitby Esk Energy are delighted to support a new Riverfly project through a grant. This is the first time we have been in a position to make a community benefit grant following paying off the final of our loans last year. As part of the River Esk Connect (REConnect) Project Groundwork  are delivering a series […]

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Day by the river

Members of the Esk Energy team recently showed pupils from Laceby Primary how the turbine works, as part of a visit to the river organised by REConnect, during their stay at the residential centre East Whitby Academy. @gkwnec @RiverEskConnect  

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Visits from University of Hull students

Over the last few years we have hosted tours for MSc Renewable Energy students from the University of Hull. We’ve had great feedback from the visits including the following from one of the lecturers: “I’m writing to thank you for all the support that you and the other volunteers have given over the last 3.5 […]

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Visitors from Canada

On 22nd February we were visited by Associate Professor David Lubitz and Scott Simmons from the School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada.  David has a research programme on microhydro turbines. The long term goal is to develop improved tools for designing Archimedes screw generator installations optimized for their sites. They came to take a variety […]

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Physics Review hydro poster Feb 2020

Water power – for A level students

Education is important to the Esk Energy team. Therefore we were particularly pleased to be mentioned in an article in the February 2020 edition of Physics Review published by Hodder Education. The magazine is aimed at A level students. You can download the poster below which includes an image of our Live View from Hodder […]

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