Community company Talybont on Usk Energy Ltd was created to develop the project which negotiated a 15-year lease on a turbine house. The 36kW Valley Hydro crossflow turbine uses existing pipework. Anticipated annual output is 240MWh.
Welsh village cashes in on hydro
The first community hydroelectric scheme to be developed in Wales, UK, has been opened at Talybont on the River Usk. The £90,000 (US$167,000) project, which took more than four years to complete, is expected to generate an annual revenue of some £17,000 (US$31,600).
