Page amended 7/3/2010
Windsor Hydropower Project - key facts
Application unanimously permitted - RBWM Planning Meeting - August 6th 2008
Purpose - renewable energy/carbon reduction etc
Location - Romney Weir, Windsor, U.K.
First planning application 03/83296/OUT (200kW scheme - outline - no drawings available) permitted February 2004
04/01807/REM - reserved matters (persuant to Outline permission 03/83296)
Second application 08/01217/FULL (300kW scheme) deferred at 9/7/2008 RBWM planning meeting
Second application 08/01217/FULL (300kW scheme) permitted at 6/8/2008 RBWM planning meeting
Equipment takes up two of the ten weir gates at Romney Weir
May be noisy
May be visually intrusive
May restrict flood water flow
This is a commercial proposal (Government subsidy?)
Applicant advises that weir is
'significantly oversized compared with other weirs'
'an effect enhanced by the recent installation of the Jubilee bypass channel.'
'A reduction of two gates ..... is unlikely to compromise the ability of the weir'
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