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. We have a lease from New Mills
Town Council, planning permission and an abstraction license from the
Environment Agency and the building work has now started.
We believe we are the first community funded hydro electric scheme.
More details on who we are
The Share Offer is now closed
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
Now all we have to do is built it!
Work, managed for us by Water Power Enterprises, started
in March and it is scheduled to finish in July.
The main contractor is Western
Renewable Energy
The news section of their website has some photos of progress to date.
Follow the progress on our
blog
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The Site in July 2007 after a day of heavy rain
Latest News
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The Big Lift -
We have a date for the arrival of the screw. It will involve
shutting the Union road bridge for three hours and lowering the
screw down into the Torrs.
The date is Sunday 8th June, the day after the carnival.
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We now have a
blog
(an interactive diary)
There are some fantastic photos and details of what is currently happening
on the site.
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We have a Logo! It looks great and we
shall launch it soon.
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On April 30th, director Till Geiger
spoke with H2oPE's Steve Welsh to a public meeting in Sheffield.
They are looking to start a community owned hydro electric scheme.
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