THE LARGEST WEIR IN YORKSHIRE

• The project is being developed on land owned by Wakefield Council and abstracting water from the Canal & River Trust’s Aire & Calder Navigation 

• It will comprise a 500kW axial turbine which will protect fish and eels by a massive custom-designed inlet screen 

• It will take over a year to build, employing over 80 man years in that period

• When commissioned in late 2016 will:

  • deliver up to 500kW of capacity, expected to generate around 2,300,000 units (kWh) per annum

  • enough electricity to take around 800 average UK homes off the grid almost in perpetuity
     

KIRKTHORPE HYDROPOWER STATION

Commissioning date: November 2016

Location: River Calder, nr. Wakefield

Turbine: Single Kaplan Turbine

Maximum output: 500kW

Annual generation: 2.4 million kWh

Catchment area: 880 km2

Maximum turbine flow: 20 cumecs

Maximum head: 3.79 m

KIRKTHORPE INFO DOCUMENT

KIRKTHORPE HYDROPOWER INFORMATION PACKETS:​

KIRKTHORPE INFO BOARD 1

KIRKTHORPE INFO BOARD 2

KIRKTHORPE INFO BOARD 3