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Yorkshire's Finest: River Hydro-Electric Scheme Opened

November 21, 2017

A new hydroelectric power plant, the largest low-head river hydro plant ever to be built in Yorkshire and the largest plant commissioned in England since the start of the century, will today (11/13) be officially opened by Geoffrey Boycott, the ex-Yorkshire and England cricketer.

Harnessing the flow of the River Aire, half-mile down river from the iconic Ferrybridge coal-fired power station, the 500kW Knottingley scheme (7 miles east of Wakefield) will generate renewable electricity for a local flour mill and the local electricity grid. It has been developed by Barn Energy, a privately-owned renewable energy project developer.

The £7½m plant will generate electricity 24/7, 11-12 months of the year, for the next 100 years. It has been completed on time (a 15-month build), on budget and with around 90% of the contracts placed with British companies, almost all in Yorkshire and the north.

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