£5.3m hrydo scheme is running

Yorkshire's largest-ever low head river hydropower project - and the largest water project of its kind to be built in England this century - has officially opened.
Barn Energys Mark Simon at the opening of Kirkthorpe Hydropower ProjectBarn Energys Mark Simon at the opening of Kirkthorpe Hydropower Project
Barn Energys Mark Simon at the opening of Kirkthorpe Hydropower Project

The Kirkthorpe Hydropower project on the River Calder, has cost £5.3m.

Kirkthorpe started generating electricity a few weeks ago after a 15 month construction period. It will generate clean, renewable energy 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for 10 to 11 months a year.

Fish and eel passages have also been built enable them to pass the hydro scheme’s weir safely.

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