blake lapthorn green breakfast with dr. barbara hammond of the osney lock hydro project
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On Wednesday 20 November 2013, Blake Lapthorn's climate change team hosted a green breakfast seminar. Guest Speaker Dr. Barbara Hammond, talked about the high profile and long awaited, first community owned micro hydro scheme on the upper Thames.TRANSCRIPT
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Working with 25 communities
Low Carbon Oxford North
Osney Lock Hydro
Kidlington Versus Climate Change
Transition Chipping Norton
Eynsham Green TEA
Sustainable Charlbury
Abingdon Hydro
Sustainable Didcot
Westmill
Goring & Streatley Sustainability Group
Sustainable Wallingford
Sustainable Faringdon
Sustainable Woodstock
Sustainable Kirtlington
Eco-Bicester
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Since 2007 To 2015
People
Groups doing energy projectsShare offers (shareholders)Households engaged on energy efficiencyJobs
94 (282)2600+12
2514 (2000)3000+12 retained plus 5 created
Planet
Installed capacity (schemes)Electricity generated per annumHeat generated per annum
489kW (20)568MWh0
18MW (14)2620MWh0
Pounds
Investment: renewablesInvestment: retrofittingCommunity benefit donations
£1.8m£200k£330k
£18m£3m£450k
Numbers
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Upper Thames Microhydro Projects
PrivateOsney Mill 35kW operationalMapledurham 100kW operationalBuscot 30kWBensonShiplakeSonning
CommunityOsney Lock 49kW under developmentFlights Mill 37kW stalledAbingdon 100kW at planningGoring 280kW at planningShifford 150kW at pre-appRadcot 35kW at pre-appGodstow 100kW at pre-appSandford 420kW pre-app landowner issuesDays Lock 320kW landowner issues
Maybe communitySutton Courtney 300kW at pre-appRushey at pre-app
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Planning and regulation issues• Three unrelated processes:
• Licencing (and abstraction/impoundment not fit for purpose)
• Planning approval• Fish pass approval
• EA silos• Flood management great• Fisheries/ecology very difficult• Legal/finance/asset management very difficult
• Water Framework Directive• Fish pass requirement• Environmental studies
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Asks• Integrated licencing/planning process:
• EA and LPA working together• Transparent process• Clear parameters
• EA tasked to help communities• Oxfordshire partnership working repeated• Direction on EA assets for communities• Direction on hydro v angling
• Funding to cover extra costs/time• Higher FiT or• Grant funding for public good ie fish passes
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