John Rumm wrote:
On 19/10/2010 13:58, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:18:21 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

Feed in Tariff is for small scale systems, so operators of large
scale hydro schemes will get nothing from it.

I would have thought that taking advantage of reservoir flood control
let down would be a fairly small scale scheme.

I made a *very* rough guesstimate that the let down from Cow Green
would be in the order of a megawatt. FITs apply to Hydro schemes up
to 5MW.

It could certainly be attractive for people owning former mill houses by
a river etc.

I suspect your average mill water wheel will only produce a couple of
kW, not much head but hopefully reasonable flow. According to:

Assuming it can do it 24/7, then a couple of kW would be getting on for
£7000 / year at the daft feed in tariff rates they pay!


The daft feed in tariffs WE pay mate. Don't assume 'they' are anyone
else than you and I.