Two notes from different perspectives: 1. Fish Legal take Environment Agency to task over River Wear hydropower scheme Fish Legal has written to the Environment Agency highlighting local anglers’ concerns about potential over-abstraction and design flaws in a hydro-electric scheme on the River Wear resulting in fish deaths at Framwellgate weir in Durham city centre. […]
Environment Agency: These documents will help you understand what you need to do when developing a hydropower scheme to generate electricity on a river or stream. Hydropower schemes harness the energy from flowing water to generate electricity, using a turbine or other device. Developing a hydropower scheme involves obtaining permissions from several organisations. Hydropower schemes […]
Environment Agency ‘These documents will help you understand what you need to do when developing a hydropower scheme to generate electricity on a river or stream. Contents Guidance for hydropower development Hydropower environmental permit application stage 1: pre-application Hydropower environmental permit application stage 2: formal application Environment Agency: ‘Hydropower schemes harness the energy from flowing […]