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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our 2023 generation set a new record for a calendar year at 142 MWh. Although we lost two weeks of generation following the bottom bearing failure in January we exceeded our previous record set for the year 2016 by about 12%. Rainfall for the year in the Esk Catchment (as recorded at Westerdale) was the 7th highest […]
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