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'''Settle Hydro''' is a micro hydroelectric scheme, owned by the community, in Settle, North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the River Ribble, at Settle Weir near Bridge End Mill. It generates 50&nbsp;kW of electricity using a screw turbine in part of the former mill race.<ref name="sh"/>

== History ==

Settle weir was built across the Ribble to provide a head for the Bridge End Mill which was built to mill corn and was then converted to spin cotton.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.settle.org.uk/history/|website=Settle.org|accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref> Later the mill became a woodworking shop turning imported cedar into furniture for local chapels. Although the wheel still turns, it is not connected to a shaft and the mill building has been converted to housing.<ref name="Heritage"/>

Planning permission and the Abstraction Licence were granted in February 2009 and the share issue started in September 2008<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brignall|first1=Miles|title='We see electricity fall from the sky'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/sep/13/energy.householdbills|accessdate=10 July 2016|work=The Guardian|date=13 September 2008}}</ref> raised the necessary capital of £410,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Settle Hydro Sparks Social Enterprise Award|url=http://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Settle-Hydro-Sparks-Social-Enterprise-Award|accessdate=10 July 2016|work=The Yorkshire News|date=22 October 2012}}</ref> Lakeland Marine Construction began work in June 2009 and completed it in October with Settle Hydro Ltd generating electricity by November of the same year. Over the forty-year lifetime of the scheme that generates 165,000&nbsp;kWh per annum, it is envisaged that 3,200 tonnes of carbon will be saved.<ref name="sh" />

The screw was constructed in Germany.<ref>{{cite news|title=Settle hydro power switch-on is just weeks away|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/4730265.Settle_hydro_power_switch_on_is_just_weeks_away/|accessdate=10 July 2016|work=The Westmorland Gazette|date=10 November 2009}}</ref>

Despite the installation of a fish ladder adjacent to the screw, the fish numbers upstream have dropped and it is believed that the noise from the screw is scaring the salmon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Salmon fishing 'harmed by hydro scheme'|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/salmon-fishing-harmed-by-hydro-scheme-1-4193772|accessdate=10 July 2016|work=TheYorkshire Post|date=30 January 2012}}</ref> During periods of low water flow the turbine automatically shuts down to maintain a constant flow of water through the fish ladder.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Lesley |title=Wet February saw record power output at Settle Hydro |url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/18327387.wet-february-saw-record-power-output-settle-hydro/ |accessdate=23 March 2020 |work=Craven Herald |date=23 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== See also == {{stack|{{Portal|England|United Kingdom|Transport|Renewable energy}}}} * List of mills in North Yorkshire * Torrs Hydro

== References ==

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<ref name="sh">{{cite web|url=http://www.greensettle.org.uk/hydro/thescheme.html|title=Settle Hydro; Scheme|publisher=Settle Hydro Ltd|accessdate=18 October 2009}}</ref> <ref name="Heritage">{{cite web|url=http://www.settledistrictu3a.org.uk/nchtjournal/Journals/1994/J94A11.html|title=The Watermills of Ribblesdale|last=Nelson|first=Jim|year=1994|publisher=North Craven Heritage Trust|accessdate=18 October 2009}}</ref>

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== External links == {{commons category|Settle Hydroelectric Power Plant}} * {{official website}} * [{{wikidata|property|P1581}} Official blog] * {{facebook}} * [https://westernrenew.co.uk/ Western Renewable Energy]

{{Electricity generation in Yorkshire and the Humber|state=collapsed}}

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