Science Skills Academy have created a video all about the History of Hydro in Highland AND Hydro Ness features!!
The History of Hydro in Highlands
Check out these fun facts about Hydro Ness…
- Carbon savings of 142,000kg per annum
- Generating 50% of the electrical demand of the Inverness Leisure Centre
- STEM learning hub
- Did you know the Hydro Ness steel shell is made up of 395 panels…and only 2 of them are identical…can you spot the matching pair?
- The formation level of the area underneath the floor of the public viewing gallery was approximately 6.0 mAOD but as there was a channel already existing not all of this had to be excavated
- The formation level at the downstream level was approximately 4.0 mAOD but as the ground sloped naturally down to the river not all of this had to be excavated
- Water flows though at a maximum flow of 9M3 per second, whereas the average flow in the river is 300M3 per second
- The design head is 1.7m
- The building can be lit up at night in any colour possible as the three primary colours are mixed to form a colour
- Over 1000 fish were transferred at the beginning of the project from the lade
- Each screw is 3,050mm diameter
- The total length of the screw is 7.5m
- The screws turn approximately 20 time per minute
- The angle of the screws is 22 degrees
- The screws are made from mild steel with protective coating
- The screws weigh 6820kgs
- 9.0 cubic meters of water flows through the Hydro – 3 per second at maximum flow