KNOTTINGLEY HYDROPOWER STATION

THE GATEWAY TO THE AIRE AND CALDER

 

• Brotherton Weir at Knottingley is the first significant barrier to salmon, sea trout, eel and lamprey passage from the sea to the Aire and Calder river systems. 

• In close collaboration with the Environment Agency and the Canal & River Trust, Barn Energy has built a 500kW hydropower scheme , delivering a significant proportion of local electricity needs directly to the grid, over 11 months a year

Commissioning date: October 2017

 

Location: River Aire, nr. Knottingley

 

Turbine: Dual Kaplan Turbines

 

Maximum output: 500kW

 

Annual generation: 3,000,000 kWh

 

Catchment area: 1923 km2

 

Maximum turbine flow: 34 cumecs

 

Maximum head: 2.63 m