It will:

• generate green electricity.
• contribute to energy security, helping us to be more resilient in the face of problems of energy supply.
• contribute to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and carbon emissions.
• be owned and run by local people as a social enterprise.
• provide income which will be distributed locally to increase renewable energy supplies e.g. for community buildings and people in fuel poverty.
• be available for parties of school children to visit where they can see working machinery which is an unusual experience these days.
• provide internet links for schools to use information online, such as power output, for use in the curriculum.
• be a visitor attraction bringing tourists to the area.
• preserve the historic 600 year old weir, built by the monks who built the abbey.
• facilitate the movement of fish upriver through the fish pass.
• provide a dividend for investors of 3-5%, rising to 6.9% for tax payers eligible to claim tax relief under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).