Alex Reading, left, development director of Green Highland Renewables, and Lochaber councillor Andrew Baxter switch on the turbine watched by Kinlochleven residents.
IT WAS the first village in the world to have every house connected to electricity at a time London’s inhabitants were still reading by gaslight and now, over a century on, Kinlochleven has witnessed the switch on of a new multi-million pound hydro power scheme.
The event on Thursday saw a large number of local residents make their way up into the hills above the village for the official turning on of Green Highland Renewables’ latest scheme at Loch Eilde Mor.