Power to the people as Lancashire community launch bid to generate green energy on the River Calder
A community share offer issued with support from The Co-operative Enterprise Hub has set out to raise the £750,000 needed to enable Whalley Community Hydro to install an Archimedean screw turbine and generate up to 345,000kWh of renewable energy each year.
The hydro-electric scheme, which will revive the river's 600 year-old weir to harness the waters of Whalley, Lancashire, comes after almost four years of research and planning including a Department for Energy and Climate Change funded study into river flow and feasibility.
Environment Agency permissions are also in place for the scheme which will be designed to enhance and protect the river's biodiversity.
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