Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd

Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd is a privately owned, internationally established manufacturing business based in the UK. Hydro & Pump Specialists since 1856, Gilkes now export to over 85 Countries around the world.

Gilkes Hydro offer a reputable single source solution for a range of hydropower turbines. Our range of Pelton, Francis and Turgo Turbines cover low, medium and high head projects capable of generating up to 30MW per unit and includes compact solutions for the 50kW to 100kW market as well as a new Streamline range designed for the sub 1MW market. Having manufactured over 6800 turbines, Gilkes offers complete water to wire solutions for small hydroelectric developments. Activities include design, manufacture, installation, commissioning, testing, routine service and plant upgrade.

Gilkes expertise and experience allow a full range of products and services to be offered for the following applications:

Run of River
Dam & Reservoir Storage
Energy Recovery
Rural Electrification
Plant Modernisation & Optimisation
Long Term Service Contracts

Bryn Cowlyd WTW (2019)

Bryn Cowlyd Water Treatment Works is located south of the village of Dolgarrog in county of Conwy. The works is gravity fed with raw water from Llyn Cowlyd, 350m above and approximately three miles south west of the works, in the Carneddau mountain range in Snowdonia National Park. The old treatment works was commissioned in […]

Bryn Cowlyd WTW (2016)

Welsh Water’s Bryn Cowlyd Water Treatment Works (WTW) is located near Dolgarrog village in the Conwy Valley. The site sits on the eastern side of the Carneddau mountain range on the outskirts of Snowdonia National Park. The existing works on the site was commissioned in 1998 and can deliver up to 46Ml/d of clean water […]

Pattack Hydro Scheme

Ardverikie Estate, Loch Laggan, Scotland

Glencorse WTW

Gilkes twin Jet Turgo for energy recovery from pressurised water systems

Bryn Cowlyd WTW

Single jet Pelton renewable energy generation

Ross Priory Pumping Station

Twin Jet Turgo installation at the Loch Lomond Water Supply scheme

Avluburun Hepp Turbine Generator

Turbine generator installation at Kartepe in Kocaeli Province, Turkey

Franklaw Power Recovery Turbine

When United Utilities needed to increase the throughput of Franklaw Water Treatment Works in Lancashire they considered energy recovery as part of the overall design. Water is abstracted from the Thirlmere Aqueduct and conducted to the site through underground pipes. The water treatment process required that downstream of the energy recovery plant there should be […]

Inverlael Hydroelectric Scheme

Inverlael Hydroelectric Scheme in Wester Ross, Scotland

Keltie Water Hydro Scheme

Keltie Water Hydro Scheme at Trossachs National Park, Scotland

Stank Burn Hydro Scheme

Stank Burn Hydro Scheme located in Loch Lomond, Scotland

Turbine Generator Installation in New Zealand

Turbine generator installed at Wainuiomata WTW, New Zealand

Turbine Technology Upgrade, Oregon USA

Upgrade of exisiting plant and turbine generator for the Farmers Irrigation District, Oregon, USA

Water Turbine & Pump Solution in Kenya

A water turbine and pump solution at SiBo Sanitation Works, Kenya, that delivers clean water utilising the energy available within the existing local river

What we do:

Renewables & Energy Management: Hydro Electric

Water Pumping Stations: Products | Hydro Generators