The charity aims to build a small weir to channel water down an underground pipe to a 650kw turbine, housed in a building on the trust’s Hafod Y Llan farm near Beddgelert.
It is hoped that the scheme could generate enough power to run all of its Welsh properties, including castles, mansions, gardens, and 200 farms.
The National Trust said it had undertaken numerous consultations with the local community, and conducted surveys of the wildlife, archaeology, ecology as well as the river itself to ensure the proposal has minimal or no impact.
Keith Jones, environmental practices advisor, said:
"The proposed site on Afon Cwm Llan is absolutely perfect because the river is sterile due to its industrial past, and there is a history of hydro electricity in the area.”
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.