Hydro Commissioning at Sherard Water Treatment Plant
Our hydro engineers are recently back from the USA after successfully completing the commissioning of our latest hydropower turbine in North America. The 867 kW Vertical Four Jet...
Global Hydropower Day 2022 - Celebrating Hydropower in the English Lake District
On Global Hydropower Day we are celebrating the hydropower on our doorstep. Gilkes head office is in Kendal, known as the Gateway to the English Lake District, and the company has...
Grytviken Micro Hydro
Earlier this month our hydro sales team signed a contract with the Government of South Georgia for a micro hydro scheme at the Grytviken site in South Georgia. The 13kW Compact Turgo...
10 Years of Servicing Scotland's Small Hydro Fleet
In early 2011, it was clear that the Feed in Tariff was achieving exactly what it was designed to do for the UK small hydro sector, the number of schemes on enquiry and under contract...
Gilkes Invest in Next Generation Machining Capability
Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd. delivers innovative, single source solutions to the small hydropower and High horsepower engine markets and is delighted to showcase its latest investment...
Investment in New Computing Cluster keeps Gilkes Innovation Flowing
Gilkes has recently invested in a major upgrade to its fluid flow analysis capability with the installation of a new high performance computing (HPC) cluster for running CFD simulations....
Gilkes Continue to Expand African Hydro Portfolio
Gilkes Hydro have received an order from Mulanje Renewable Energy (MRE) for the supply and commissioning of 2 Pelton Hydro Turbines and associated electro-mechanical package for the...
Gilkes Complete Installation of 15MW Zimbabwe Hydro Project
The Pungwe B project in the Honde Valley close to the Mozambique border is the 3rd hydro project that Gilkes have worked on for the client, Nyangani Renewable Energy (PVT) Ltd (NRE).
