An unusual picture taken whist Archie was being built - the size of gearbox and generator meant the Engine House had to be built afterwards.
Thursday 3 February 2011
In the beginning there was a generator....
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Electricity produced since commissioning on 4 September 2008 :
- Electricity produced upto 8 Oct : 868,734 kWh
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- September : 0 kWh
- August : 683 kWh
- July : 0 kWh
- June : 5377 kWh
- May : 8924 kWh
- April : 11513 kWh
- March : 9698 kWh
- February : 29252 kWh
- January : 35137 kWh
- 2013 : 93328 kWh
- 2012 : 236252 kWh
- 2011 : 82138 kWh
- 2010 : 129604 kWh
- 2009 : 136866 kWh
- 2008 : 90212 kWh
Nice stuff we have done :
- Total donations to the Community - £700
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- Jan 13 - Donation of £100 to New Mills School solar project
- Dec 12 - Donation of £100 to New Mills volunteer centre
- Feb 12 - Donation of £100 to New Mills School art department
- Feb 12 - Donation of £100 to New Mills Community Orchard
- Feb 12 - Donation of £100 to Spring Bank Arts
- Feb 12 - Donation of £100 to New Mills volunteer centre
- Feb 12 - Donation of £100 to New Mills Heritage Centre
- Mar 10 - Primary School planting scheme
- Mar 09 - New picnic bench at Torrs Hydro
- Feb 09 - Landscaping Torrs Hydro
- Jan 09 - Created a wood sculpture in the Torrs Riverside Park
- Dec 08 - Put Christmas tree up on the Torrs Hydro site
- Nov 08 - Provided copies of the Archaelogical study of Torr Mill to the library, Heritage Centre, Town Hall and local schools
- Oct 08 - Worked with the EA to produce a report on the confluence of the Rivers Sett and Goyt - available at New Mills Library, Heritage Centre and Town Hall
- Sept 08 - Worked with the Town Council to resurface the road near Torrs Hydro towards the Rock Tavern
Our favourite links :
- Visit New Mills
- The Co-op Bank
- Everyones talking about climate change
- Transition Buxton
- New Mills Festival
- New Mills One World Festival
- New Mills Town Council
- Torrs Hydro New Mills
- New Mills School
- New Mills allotments
- Mann Power Consulting Ltd
- Simon O'Rourke - Tree Carving
- Spring Bank Arts
- unMade in England
- Western Renewable Energy
Torrs Hydro weather forecast :
Visitors to Torrs Hydro New Mills
- 9 September - National Trust Wales
- 12 February - Open Day - Torrs Hydro
- 12 February - Matthew Rhodes - Encraft
- 28 October - Greg Barker - Climate Minister
- 5 March - Environment Agency
- 11 February - Sheffield University
- 6 November - National Trust
- 27 October - Georg Lubega - Environment Agency
- 27 October - Joanne Hickman - Environment Agency
- 30 September - Dr Abigail Hathway - Sheffield University
- 30 August - Marsden and Slaithwaite transition towns
- 18 May - Settle team
- 20 April - GMPTE
- 20 April - Water Power Enterprises
- 20 April - Brighouse
- 13 March - Patrick Grange Co-op Director
- 7 March - Whalley Bridge ramblers
- 14 February - Stockport School
- 28 January - Arkwright Mill
- 28 January - Crag Vale
- 28 January - Bradford Rowing Club
- 28 January - Water Power Enterprises
- 24 January - Kevin Nash - Environment Agency
- 23 January - Photographer - Stockport Express
- 23 January - Photographer - Manchester Evening News
- 23 January - Olly Southgate - Environment Agency
- 21 January - Simon O'Rourke - Tree carving
- 20 January - Radius UK
- 14 January - Shell Ramblers
- 14 January - Radius UK
- 11 January - Congleton Ramblers
- 9 January - Chris Towns - MSC student
- 29 December - Visitors from Wolverhampton
- 27 December - Visitors from Settle
- 17 December - Craven District Council
- 17 December - Radius UK
- 16 December - Radius UK
- 15 December - Doug Brown - Radius UK
- 12 December - Nobby Towse - Simon Carves
- 10 December - Chris Elliot - WRE
- 4 December - Steve Hoon - MMU
- 4 December - Mr Quinn +Year 9 - New Mills School
- 1 December - Sean Wintrip - Construction Projects
- 1 December - Tim Saunders - Community Renewables Development Groundwork East
- 30 November - Jessie Marcham +15 - 'Everyones Talking' about climate change
- 29 November - Shareholders - Torrs Hydro New Mills
- 29 December - Jeff Lawton/Mark Gadd - New Mills Town Partnership
- 27 November - Glossop Ramblers Association
- 27 November - Mr Quinn +Year 9 - New Mills School
- 20 November - Doug Brown - Radius UK
- 19 November - Jeff Lawton - New Mills Town Partnership
- 19 November - Sean Wintrip - Construction Projects
- 19 November - Stephen Lewis - New Mills Town Council
- 15 November - Transition Buxton Group
- 14 November - Jeff Lawton - New Mills Town Partnership
- 14 November - John Ross and Charlotte Draycott - GMPTE
- 12 November - Bamford Mill group
- 12 November - Dave Mann - Mann Power Consulting
- 12 November - Stuart Moore - Mann Power Consulting
- 11 November - Sheffield Hydro Group
- 5 November - Simon - S&S Trees
- 28 October - Dave Mann - Mann Power Consulting
- 28 October - 2 x visitors from Bordeaux - Mann Power Consulting
- 28 October - Kevin Nash - Environment Agency
- 27 October - Simon - S&S Trees
- 17 October - Sean Wintrip - Construction Projects
- 17 October - Steve Lewis - New Mills Town Council
- 16 October - Yvette Elliot - Western Renewable Energy
- 16 October - Chris Elliot - Western Renewable Energy
- 16 October - Dave Mann - Mann Power Consulting
- 16 October - Helen Walker - Water Power Enterprises
- 10 October - Mark Draper - Co op Bank
- 9 October - Mr Quinn +Y9 group - New Mills School
- 8 October - Steve Lomas - LSP
- 7 October - Sean Wintrip - Construction Projects
- 2 October - Mr Quinn +Y9 group - New Mills School