The Queen has taken delivery of two giant hydroelectric turbines that will help meet the Royal Family’s attempts to power Windsor Castle using economic sustainable energy.
The Queen goes green: hydroelectric turbines arrive at Windsor Castle
The Queen has taken delivery of two giant hydroelectric turbines that will
help meet the Royal Family’s attempts to power Windsor Castle using economic
sustainable energy.
The hydropower turbines are delivered to their new home at Windsor Castle Photo: BARCROFT
10:00AM BST 08 Sep 2011
The 40-tonne Archimedes’ screws were put in place on Wednesday by crane at
Romney Weir on the River Thames, just a few miles from her favourite royal
residence.
The turbines are made in a factory in Holland at a cost £700,000. It is
estimated that, together with other equipment, they will cost a further £1
million to install. It is estimated the turbines will reduce carbon dioxide
emissions by 790,000 kilos per year.
The turbines, which have the appearance of a screw, were developed by the
Ancient Greek mathematician and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse.
He invented the screw to raise low-lying water so it could irrigate land at
the top of a slope, but its modern namesake is turned by falling water from
the weir. It is connected to a gearbox and generator to produce electricity.
In 2009 plans to "power" the castle by renewable energy were halted
but now Royal advisers believe the time is right embrace renewable energy.
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