A SHARE offer set up in January to raise funds for a new community-owned hydro scheme on the River Avich has already raised £50,000.
Following successful schemes in Applecross and Sunart, Dalavich is raising funds to bulid its own hydro scheme. A small team of keen volunteers from local villages has set up Awesome Energy (Dalriada) Limited based at Dalavich post office.
The aim of the group is to build a 350kW run-of-river hydro scheme, install a microgrid fed by the hydro and manage the supply and demand of the renewable scheme for the benefit of the community.