Hexham River Hydro scheme comes a step closer

[elton]

The close presence of Hexham Bridge and the fact the Tyne is a prime fishing river threw up two potential obstacles.

Article here:
Hexham River Hydro scheme comes a step closer - Today's News - News - JournalLive

[The Deeps]

They should leave well alone.The North Tyne and main river have already been bollocksed up by Kielder dam.

[g.ordon]

100kW, what's the point!

[The Deeps]

100kW, what's the point!

Aye a na!
What they ganna do,use it to power 2 lights on Hexham bridge?

[g.ordon]

Aye a na!
What they ganna do,use it to power 2 lights on Hexham bridge?

lol. Big users in industry pay around 10p/kWh so I reckon they'll be lucky to flog it to the national grid for around 5p/unit taking into account grid losses, running costs etc. so that'll net them about £40k per year if it ran non stop, but take into account breakdown, maintenance, drought etc, probably more like £30k. This will give a payback of around 27 years if the project cost is £800k and that's not factoring in the maintenance costs and also by which time it will of needed replacing at megger cost so it will never be cost effective. The figures just don't stack up and it doesn't appear to be feasible in my opinion.
More like Tynedale council meeting there renewable targets to satisfy their environmental policies but really it'll have more negative impact than positive when you think about energy used for manufacturing the equipment and indirectly the energy used by operatives transport etc.

[g.ordon]

Sorry to drag this up but I've just heard on the news that the project has been abandoned, should have never even got off the ground in the first place. Clowns

[Alfie]

The feedback tarriff into the grid is 43p per unit. Big investors are buying farmland in cornwall and covering the fields in solar panels. And who pays that 43p, me and you and the rest of the mugs of this land.

[g.ordon]

The feedback tarriff into the grid is 43p per unit. Big investors are buying farmland in cornwall and covering the fields in solar panels. And who pays that 43p, me and you and the rest of the mugs of this land.

Don't think the FIT is that much for >100kW hydro mate, 12p/unit, more than I originally thought but still aint feasible

[lumpsucker]

12p a unit? Might set up a paddle wheel with a dynamo and leave me bath taps running! Gotta be worth 6p a day

[g.ordon]

12p a unit? Might set up a paddle wheel with a dynamo and leave me bath taps running! Gotta be worth 6p a day

Ha.
Ted get more tha 12p a unit for that mate, the smaller the generation the higher th p/kWh, probably about 20 odd p for that