Maerdy Mill

Pico Energy Ltd installed this scheme at a site which was owned by the Environment Agency Wales and used as a salmon hatchery.  There was keen interest from the fisheries team to harness the surplus flow of water to offset the energy consumption at the former mill leat which now supplies fish rearing tanks. As the site is often left unattended, it was important that a system was installed which could be relied upong to work with little supervision.

An overshot waterwheel was quickly identified as an appropriate solution which also made most sensible use of the existing infrastructure which was of course originally designed to incorporate a similar wheel.

The scheme required planning permission, Environment Agency licensing, and CD regulations to be precisely followed during the installation. Nevertheless, the project was successfully commissioned and handed over to the Environment Agency staff within 6 months of the contract being signed.