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 Coniston Hydro Gen - Coniston, Cumbria, England
N 54° 22.212 W 003° 04.920
30U E 494672 N 6024714
Coniston's newest power supply was commissioned in 2007. Fed from water from Church Beck. This is not Coniston's first hydro power scheme. Read on ..
Waymark Code: WMF6FF
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/31/2012
Views: 9
The turbine supplier is the local firm of Gilkes in Kendal. ImageInside the turbine house. Next to the turbine house is a small substation transforming the electricity. quote:
Key Statistics:
Head = 72m
Turbine type = Turgo Turbine
Pipework Length = 700m
Output power = 300kW
Time water out of beck = 25sec
The Coniston Hydro Scheme is on Church Beck, draining the Furness Fells above Coniston, in the Lake District National Park. The site was first developed in 1932 when a single turbine was installed, with a second turbine added in 1937. The installation initially supplied power for Barrow County Council and latterly for the village of Coniston.
This provided power until the mid-1950s when the National Grid was erected through the Lake District, the power station fell into disuse, was decommissioned and the building demolished.
However, a local landowner, Major Hext, had a small 6kW unit in his house. His son, Jonathon, daughter-in-law Sue and a local builder, George Tarr, had a dream to restore the hydro power station.
They started negotiations with other landowners, the Lake District National Park and the appropriate regulatory bodies to install a 300kW scheme, fed with the water from Church Beck.
In 2003 they formed a company, Coniston Hydro Electric Power Co Ltd., with the express intent to restore the generation system. Gilkes became involved as equipment suppliers almost immediately. The system was installed and commissioned in 2007.
Source ( visit link)
Operational: yes
Type of power station: Run-of-the-river
Type of turbine: Pelton
Operator: Coniston Hydro Electric Power Co Ltd
Visitor center: no
Date built: 07/03/2007
Generation capacity: 300 kW
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