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Small HEP schemes
SMALL HEP SCHEMES
There are between 50 to 100 in Wales
Farmer's Hydro Shows the Way
Tegwyn Jones has built a 110 kilowatt hydro system on his farm at Maesglas and is selling the electricity through the National Grid.
The Maesglas scheme was helped by Ecodyfi, the local regeneration body. A European grant helped to finance the project.
For more information see
www.ecodyfi.org.uk/hydronews.htm
Try This!
Look up details of Hydropower stations near you. The following site gives information on both large and smaller schemes.
http://www.british-hydro.org/installations.asp
Related Sections:
Large HEP schemes
Medium HEP schemes
Pumped storage schemes