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The National Trust's first large hydro turbine has been switched on at a Snowdonia farm and is now helping to fund its conservation work. The hydroelectric scheme has been sensitively crafted into the rugged heather-splashed Snowdonia landscape at Hafod y Llan farm in Wales. The hydro is expected to generate 1,900 MWhr per year, which is more electricity than is needed to light up all of the places in Wales, including eight mansions, three castles and around 45 holiday cottages. Keith Jones, National trust's environmental adviser for Wales, said that working on the Snowdon hydro project has brought many challenges, but it is just the beginning of an exciting journey for the Trust. "It's taken 300 tonnes or a mile of pipe, six tonnes of turbine and generator kit and more than 100 people to make this project happen. Add in the southern face of Snowdon, snow, heavy rain, rock and 60,000 walkers passing the site per year and you can see why this has been a bit of a challenge." Keith said. "The end result? We've got a hidden hydro capturing half a tonne of water per second and generating a couple of million kilowatt hours of renewable energy each year - I'm quietly pleased!" 
The power produced by the Snowdon hydro will be sold through a new renewable energy trading company to energy partner and green electricity supplier Good Energy. The project is expected to generate enough electricity to power around 445 homes. Patrick Begg, National Trust's rural enterprises director said: "We're lucky to be blessed with an abundance of natural resources that we look after for the benefit of the nation. Now with this new trading company we can harness some of the power generated by nature to help fund our conservation work." "However, the real prize for us as the UK's largest conservation charity, is that we are helping to protect special places forever by creating sustainable energy solutions that work in complete harmony with our natural and historic heritage." Juliet Davenport OBE, founder and CEO of Good Energy, said: "This is a fantastic project and shows renewables and conservation working hand in hand. I'm sure our customers are going to be really pleased that some of our power will come from National Trust hydro sites, and maybe they'll go to see them in action over the summer." Additional information: You Tube video |
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