“Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control”
Announcement of the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change & Al Gore.
- January 2007 - Public information weekend
- June 2007 - Full planning permission granted
- September 2007 - Torrs Hydro New Mills formed
- Novermber 2007 - Torrs Hydro Prospectus launched
- January 2008 - One Year On exhibition
- January 2008 - Share Offer closed
- March 2008 - Construction begins
- June 2008 - The screw is delivered: The Big Lift
- August 2008 - Commissioning started
- September 2008 - Handover of scheme to Torrs Hydro New Mills Limited
- November 2008 - Inaugural Annual General Meeting
- January 2009 - 100 000 kWh power generation milestone reached
- March 2009 - Second share offer closed
- May 2009 - Low flow noise issue arises
- July 2009 - Government case study for UK Renewable Energy Strategy 2009
- November 2009 - Second Annual General Meeting
- December 2009 - 200 000 kWh power generation milestone reached
- 2010 - First six months "the second driest recorded in the UK in 96 years, with river flows in some areas at their lowest levels in 50 years" source: The Guardian 14th July 2010
- September 2010 - 300 000 kWh power generation milestone reached
- October 2010 - Energy & Climate Change Minister Greg Barker MP visited Torrs Hydro
- February 2011 - the Big Flood
- February 2011 - Third Annual General Meeting
- November 2011 - 400 000 kWh power generation milestone reached
- February 2012 - Fourth Annual General Meeting
- February 2012 - 500 000 kWh power generation milestone reached
- July 2012 - 600 000 kWh power generation milestone reached
- February 2013 - 700 000 kWh power generation milestone reached
