Address/venue name: | Manor Farm Quarnford Buxton Derbyshire SK17 0SO |
Building type: | Standalone medium head micro hydro |
Green Technology: | 15 kW crossflow turbine |
Name of owners: | Geoff Tunnicliffe |
Who installed green technology: | Western Renewable Energy |
Why they did it: | To help generate additional income for the farm enterprise |
Benefits: | Geoff has managed to offset farm costs and utilise a natural source of energy within the land holding |
What they did to get approval from National Park for the work: | Abstraction license from the Environment Agency and planning permission from the National Park Authority went smoothly, but was handled by WRE as agents |
What were the biggest problems faced: | Some concern from local fishing interests |
What did it cost, what savings are made: | Part funded by a rural regeneration (RAZ) grant |