It was with great excitement that, yesterday afternoon, we were able to witness the first turn of the screw. Roger Hutton, of
Potential Energy, proudly raised the main sluice gates and the turbine eased into action. This was just a test of course, as the electricity board is still checking a few elements in the connection to the grid but we do expect to be contributing in a small, but nevertheless important, way to the sustainable output of the UK within a week.
All contracted plant is now off site as the civil work was completed on Monday, and it is now just testing, linking up the internet (so we can monitor performance) and work to get the telemetry settings right, all going on inside the 'shed of mystery' by the frightfully clever boffins who understand the wonders within.
So the heavy work is complete. I will report once again when we begin the landscaping, fencing and aesthetic tidying work; but that will all have to wait until we are in a position to get machinery into the field, which would be impossible at present for the mud.
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