Monmouth New Hydro Scheme

The scheme produces 670,000 kW hours of electricity per year, which is enough to power 152 homes.

These Archimedes' screws are operating in reverse, with water flowing down, to power generators.

[1] An earlier hydroelectric power station had been on the site from 1896 until 1953, which itself was built on the foundations of an even older forge.

[1] Alongside the scheme is the Osbaston fish pass, built by the Environment Agency Wales at a cost of £600,000.

[2] Several months later, in June 2010, local schoolchildren released salmon into the River Monnow at the site of the power station - the salmon were initially reared at their school, Osbaston Primary School, as part of a class project.