Permits issued for Hydropower Generation sites. NRW assesses and licences hydropower schemes for the water they abstract and to protect the local and wider environment; this may require issuing one or a combination of Abstraction, Impoundment and Transfer licences dependant on the scheme/site. This dataset details the permits issued for new, varied or renewed hydropower schemes.

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Attribute name Label Description
objectid
permit_number
permit_regime
permit_status
operator
site_name
issue_date
effective_date
expiry_date
online_public_register_link
site_grid_reference
discharge_point_ngr
net_head_m
max_abstraction_ls
efficiency_pct
power_kw
capacity_kwh
gradient
upstream_catchment_km2
percentage_take_pct
geom

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