HYDRO SCHEMES IN SOUTH LAKELAND

Actual Projects

Name of Parish / Contact Details
Coniston (300kW Gilkes turbine & 50 kW turbine for periods of low water flow) / George Tarr, Coniston Hydro Ltd
(015394) 41285
Kentmere – planning stage / Mr Pighills, Kentmere parish meeting clerk
(01539) 821647
Beetham (Kaplan hydro turbine) / Audrey Steeley, Heron Corn Mill
(015395) 64271
Killington – planning stage / Maureen Lamb, Sustainable Energy Trust
(015396) 20553
Longsleddale (15 kW turbine at Docker Nook now operational. 25kW scheme at Kilnstones scheduled for construction in 2010) / Mark Cropper, Ellergreen Hydro Ltd
(07798) 502755

Haverthwaite (250 kW at Low Wood – plans to refurbish with 2 giant Archimedes screws in 2010 to increase capacity) / James Barratt, Lowwood Products Co. Ltd

Haverthwaite (300 kW at Backbarrow) / James Barratt, Lowwood Products Co. Ltd

Middleton (micro HEP at Middleton High Beck – permission granted) / Michael Smith (home owner)

Lakes (Rydal Hall -80 kW. Gilkes & Turbine Services involved) / Martin Scrowston
(015394) 32050

Staveley Mill Yard (100kW) / David Brockbank
(01539) 821234

Burneside (application stage for 100kWscheme using Archimedean Screw) / Mark Cropper, Ellergreen Estate
(07798) 502755

Crook and Winster / Tom Pateson, Gilkes (home owner)
(0790) 164720

Satterthwaite (feasibility study to install micro-hydro turbine) / David Granville, Satterthwaite parish council clerk (01229) 860397

Useful Contacts

Nature of Contact / Contact Details
Inter Hydro & RG Parkins Ltd, Kendal – involved in actual projects (eg. Coniston, Beetham & Backbarrow – all case studies on the website) & feasibility studies (eg. for Lake District & Yorkshire Dales National Parks) / Chris Brett & Keith Lockwood
(01539) 729393


Gilbert, Gilkes and Gordon Ltd, Kendal – turbine manufacturer since 1854. Involved in actual turbine installation (eg. Coniston) & can provide investment into schemes. / Matthew Crosher
(01539) 720028


Turbine Services – design, supply & install hydro turbine systems. Also install moden electronic control systems (eg. Rydal Hall). / Miles Postlethwaite
(01900) 85616

British Hydro Association /
North West Rural Carbon Challenge Fund - £4million fund will be launched in spring 2010 to support renewable energy projects in rural areas of the region, focusing on wind,water & woodfuel. / Lee Allman
(01925) 813200

Research on community based hydro projects, particularly barriers and how to overcome them / Sue Walley
(01539) 822747

Lake District National Park – copy of hydropower scoping study (2009) can be downloaded from the website: energy.hydropower.htm
NB Sustainable Development Fund can help fund renewable energy projects (at feasibility or later stages) / Carissa Lough, Policy Planner
(01539) 724555

Yorkshire Dales National Park – copy of hydropower feasibility study can be downloaded from the website:
dales.org.uk/hydro-power_feasibility_study_july2009
NB Sustainable Development Fund can help fund renewable energy projects (at feasibility or later stages) / Moya Turrell
Sustainable Development Officer
(01969) 652341

Renewable Energi Partnerships - a Cumbrian-based company that can carry out feasibility, funding applications, design, installation and maintenance of renewable schemes. / Alistair Fletcher
(07971) 403893


Ellergreen Hydro Ltd – focus on all aspects of hydro scheme development, including design, consenting, financing, construction and operations / Mark Cropper
(07798) 502755