News / Blog
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AGM date 21 November 2018
2018 AGM will be held at 7.30 on Wednesday 21st November at the Old Grammar School, Whalley.
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AGM will be called in November
This years' AGM will be held in November - final date to be advised. A calling notice will be issued and requests for matters to be added to the Agenda will be considered.
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Production back up to speed
Even after the long dry spell production is up to 12 month average with a few weeks of the year to go.
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Spoke too soon – performance down due to hot weather
Production across June and July 2018 has been down due to lower water levels - not a drought but if there is insufficient flow the turbine stops automatically.
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2017/18 Best year ever for production
Due to the wet weather last year Whalley Hydro have had a very productive year.
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Join the ‘Energy Heroes!’ team
Advert for someone with primary school teaching experience We are looking for a part time teacher to join our team of ‘Energy Heroes!’ to deliver an innovative maths and science programme to year 5 pupils in 4 schools annually across the locality. The role will include liaising with schools in order to support their journey towards becoming ‘Energy Heroes!’, delivering the first of 6 lessons and an assembly and also working alongside our energy experts at ...
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Excellent output continues
Over two months early our exported electricity for the first 10 months of this year (345,000kWh) has already reached the 20 year average target for the full year. The recent exceptionally wet weather has brought a disappointing end to summer but has resulted in higher than average river flow.
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Output 2016-17
With over three months still to go, the turbine export for this year exceeded the total generated for the whole of our first year of operation (303,400kWh) mainly due to this year so far being wetter than average.
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First GWh output for Whalley Hydro
The plant has continued to operate reliably and recent plant performance/output has remained very healthy. With the wetter than normal end to July the output for the month was 24,000kWh far exceeding the target of 7,000kWh expected for the average rainfall for July. Based on the 20 year average rainfall/river flow since start-up in November 2014 the predicted generation total to date amounts to 926,000kWh. However because actual rainfall/river flow has been higher than this average, ...
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Piclo report out now
The report on the Piclo peer-to-peer energy trading trial is now available for download. Whalley Community Hydro has been taking part in this ground breaking trial which shows the way to the future for electricity generators and consumers (see our news item 12 April 2016). Local matching puts people in control of their energy. As DECC’s Community Energy Strategy states, this can build stronger communities, create jobs, improve health and support ...
