Archive for May, 2009

High head licenses issued

WRE has continued to secure further Abstraction Licenses for small hydro schemes.  Two new licenses issued this week will allow planning of schemes to move to the next phase; these sites include a small site with 50m of head, which emphasises how WRE work with all sizes and types of micro-hydro equipment.  Installation at this [...]

Screw turbine progress

One week into the construction of a new ultra-low head hydro scheme in South Somerset, and the system is taking shape.  WRE is responsible for the majority of the installation, and is carrying out the civil work currently.  The system is a 23kW peak output, on a very modest 1.6m head, and is utilising a [...]

Another commissioned system

WRE has recently commissioned a new hydro system on
Dartmoor.  The site is typical of the myriad of small mill sites which once dotted the country, and most of which are not currently harnessing the latent power available.  The site has been installed as a joint effort between the site owner and WRE.  Our input has [...]

Automatic screeners

WRE Ltd is pleased to announce that we have introduced a standard stainless steel automatic screener.  We have been manufacturing these products on a one off basis for sites for a number of years, but have now introduced a standard sizing of screen for moderate sized abstractions (around 50 to 250 litres per second for [...]