Development
We build and operate our own schemes
Ellergreen Hydro has learnt its trade by developing its own schemes. Since our foundation in 2008, we’ve been busy leading a renaissance in hydro in the English Lake District and surrounding regions, and have a growing portfolio of sites including the following:
| Name | KW - Project description | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Gill | 450kW - high head | Operational | At the time the largest scheme built in Lake District on virgin ground for over a century. |
| Docker Nook Farm | 15kW - medium head | Operational | Our first scheme and our "laboratory" |
| Kilnstones | 30kW - high head | Operational | Hill farm scheme trialling effectiveness of high head schemes on very small catchments |
| Burneside | 100kW - low head | Operational | Archimedean Screw scheme on SSSI/SAC river, to be built 2012. |
| Scandale Beck | 900kW - high head | Operational | The largest scheme ever built on virgin ground in the Lake District |
| Rydal Beck | 500kW - high head | Operational | Continuing Rydal Beck long history of hydropower with a modern redesign. |
For more details see our Projects page
Development involves leasing appropriate sites, then arranging and financing every stage of development ourselves. It offers farmers and landowners a means to realise a return on a potential asset with no risk or outlay. Our terms are flexible and we also develop and invest in partnership with others in some cases. Please Contact us to find out more.