Its screw turbine powers most of the properties in the village, with excess electricity being sold off to the National Grid.

[2] The new plant was built between 2010 and 2011, with the 26 feet (7.9 m) long Archimedes screw being brought in from a specialist engineering firm in Germany.

[3] The plant, which was funded by a grant, a bank loan and a public share issue and cost £450,000 to build, opened in May 2011 and supplies enough power for 40 homes in the village of Bainbridge.

[6] In February 2023, the plant recorded its millionth Kilowatt Hour unit supplied to the national grid.

However, an over-estimation in the original feasibility study rated the plant able to operate in waterflow for 290 days per year.