The majority of the original infrastructure was found to be sound and reusable. The 2 Francis turbines were sensitively restored and the concrete pipe which takes the water from the weir to the turbine house was still in good condition.
As well as restoration, the project also required the installation of new elements, including a state of the art intake screening system, which will ensure that fish and eels cannot enter the turbine system. A new cable was also been installed to bring the power directly to the visitor centre.
The turbine house was commissioned in late October 2017 and has been generating electricity ever since, as long as there is sufficient water in the river Teign.
The electricity is used by the visitor centre and any excess is used to heat one of the boilers in the biomass house so there is no waste.