Will the Minister provide a breakdown of the number of active small scale community owned hydro projects in Wales over the last 10 years?
Our annual Energy Generation in Wales reports detail the total hydropower projects in Wales. The latest published report is Energy Generation in Wales 2020. We are due to publish our Energy Generation in Wales 2021 report within the next few weeks.
There were 14 small-scale community owned hydropower projects operating in Wales in 2020.
Below you will find the totals of all small-scale locally owned hydropower projects broken down by ownership type, which were operating in Wales from 2011-2020.
|
Hydropower |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Community |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
|
Domestic |
43 |
56 |
63 |
71 |
86 |
|
Farms and Estates |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
Housing Association |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Local Authority |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Local Business |
21 |
23 |
27 |
31 |
49 |
|
Other public sector and charity |
6 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
Total Projects |
76 |
91 |
104 |
117 |
156 |
|
Hydropower |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
Community |
9 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
|
Domestic |
97 |
102 |
103 |
103 |
104 |
|
Farms and Estates |
4 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
|
Housing Association |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Local Authority |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Local Business |
65 |
77 |
79 |
82 |
82 |
|
Other public sector and charity |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
|
Total Projects |
185 |
210 |
215 |
219 |
220 |