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An Artist Impression of the scheme

The Project

Torrs Hydro New Mills Limited was established for the specific purpose of owning the Torrs Hydro Electric scheme by Torr Weir on the River Goyt in New Mills in the High Peak of Derbyshire. A share of the revenue from the scheme will help Torrs Hydro achieve it's aim to help regenerate the community and to promote the environmental sustainability of the New Mills area.

The project was started in 2006 by Water Power Enterprises, a social enterprise whose mission is to set up small-scale hydro plants and reducing carbon emissions. They approached New Mills Town Council, who were very supportive of the scheme.

We believe we are the first community funded hydro electric scheme. More details on who we are

To make the project happen we needed the money to build the scheme. Some is coming from grants and loans but we completed a public share issue in January 2008.
Shareholders now have their own page here

The next step

Work, managed for us by Water Power Enterprises, started in March and it is scheduled to finish at the end of August.
The main contractor is Western Renewable Energy
Follow the progress on our blog
 


The Site in July 2007 after a day of heavy rain

Latest News

  • The Big Lift - Sunday 8th June
    The screw finally arrived and is now on the site. See pictures of the event here

  • We now have a blog (an interactive diary)
    There are some fantastic photos and details of what is currently happening on the site.

  • We have a Logo! It looks great - and it finally makes it's appearance on the website.

More stories

Key Milestones

  • January 2007 Public information weekend
  • June 2007 Full planning permission granted
  • Sept 2007 Torrs Hydro New Mills formed
  • 23 Nov 2007 Torrs Hydro Prospectus launched
  • 26 Jan 2008 One Year On exhibition
  • 31 Jan 2008 Share Offer closed
  • Mar 2008 Construction begins
  • 8 June 2008 The screw is delivered
  • 18 August 2008 Commissioning starts (if we have water)
  • Sept 2008 Grand opening ceremony
  • TBA Annual General Meeting for shareholders

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