Hydro case studies with Aquashear

Client - Lochdochart Estate Project Overview Inverhaggernie HEP 3 km northwest of Crianlarich was built with a side intake, which since construction, suffered blocking from vegetation that significantly reduced production and consumed a large number of man hours in [...]

Client - Atholl Estates Project Overview As part of a drive to increase renewable energy production, Dulas was hired by Atholl Estates, one of Scotland’s best-known highland estates, to oversee all stages of a new run of river hydro [...]

Client- Dulas Hydro Generation Ltd Project Overview Balnacarn is a 700kW high head hydro scheme located in Glenmoriston, near Fort Augustus. Dulas was commissioned by Dulas Hydro Generation Ltd to deliver the scheme as a turnkey design and build contract. The [...]

Project Overview Dulas’ hydro team have vast experience in both the engineering of innovative hydro solutions and the optimisation of pre-existing projects throughout the UK. Having previously been extremely satisfied with Dulas’ successful refurbishment of a hydro scheme, a [...]

Project Overview To replace an existing intake which suffered from severe blocking problems. Increase generation of scheme by improving intake screening performance. Reduce operational costs related to screen cleaning and supervision. The Doorian scheme was built in 2001 but [...]

Project Overview This project involved the refurbishment of the intakes and pipeline of a poorly performing hydro scheme near Kinloch Rannoch in Scotland. Since Dulas’ refurbishment of the system, the scheme produces 4.5 GWh a year which is enough [...]

Project Overview Balnacarn is a 700kW high head scheme located in Glenmoriston, near Fort Augustus. Dulas was commissioned by Dulas Hydro Generation Ltd to deliver the scheme as a turnkey design and build contract. The scheme has one intake [...]

Project Overview Austria hosts the largest Aquashear installation in the Alps, with screens retro-fitted to the existing intake of the E-Werke Frastanz hydro scheme. The original bar screen intake and tunnel system were prone to blockage from gravel filled glacial [...]