On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:39:19 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

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!

eh? Highest hydro FIT rate is 19.9p:

2kw 24/7 for a year 365*24*2 = 17520kWHr @ £0.199 = £3486.48.

http://www.fitariffs.co.uk/eligible/levels/

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Cheers
Dave.