Kirkthorpe Hydro
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Kirkthorpe hydro is a hydroelectric generating plant located on the River Calder at Kirkthorpe Weir, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The plant was opened in 2017 and is expected to generate electricity for 100 years. Kirkthorpe Weir is the highest industria
l weir in Yorkshire and has prevented fish passing upstream to spawn; the new hydro project has a fish pass built into it. At a nameplate capacity of 500 kW, along with another plant at Brotherton on the River Aire, the plant is jointly the largest hydroelectric generator in Yorkshire.
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- Stanley Ferry Aqueduct aqueduct · 2 km away
- Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield chiese · 2 km away
- Chantry Bridge monumenti · 2 km away
- Belle Vue stadium · 2 km away
- Hepworth Wakefield art_museum · 2 km away
- Wakefield Cathedral chiese · 2 km away
- Old Town Hall town_hall · 3 km away
- Wakefield Mechanics' Institute musei · 3 km away