Visit your local Hydroelectric Power scheme producing renewable energy on the River Goyt on Sunday 24th of November 2024 at 12 – 4pm Your local volunteer-run Hydro Power scheme has been producing renewable energy on the River Goyt since 2012. Feeding power directly into the National Grid, it creates an income to maintain the scheme, […]
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2025 Environmental Awards Stockport Hydro Ltd, a community owned scheme, has been generating renewable energy power on the River Goyt since October 2012.£10,000 is available from our Environmental Challenge Fund for suitable projects which will benefit the local community and take place within the SMBC boundary. Projects must have an environmental focus and can be […]
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Stockport Hydro celebrates 10 years of producing renewable energy on the River Goyt. Greater Manchester’s first community owned hydro electric project, Stockport Hydro at Otterspool, will have been producing renewable energy on the river Goyt at Otterspool, Romiley for 10 years on 22nd of October 2022. The plant has generated just under 2 GWh of […]
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Progress Update – October 2022 Despite the drought where we saw the lowest output levels for May through to September shareholders have received interest payments of 3%. The flood in February brought down a huge amount of stone and silt. In August we again employed Ashbrooks to clear the inlet and outlet areas. Progress Update […]
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Our Story Stockport Hydro, a renewable energy scheme at Otterspool Weir on the river Goyt near Marple, Stockport, is Greater Manchester’s first community-owned hydro-electric project. Our two Archimedes screws, Thunder and Lightning, have been operational since October 2012, generating renewable electricity which is fed into the National Grid. We are accredited to earn the Government’s […]
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