Romney Weir is situated a stone's throw away from Windsor Castle, so the electricity generated by the hydropower turbines will be fed directly to the Castle, and then the surplus fed back into the grid.
Hydropower is totally carbon neutral, and harnesses energy from the natural flow of the river, to rotate the turbines and generate electricity. This is the first installation of its kind on the River Thames.
At present, preparation works are still ongoing on the weir structure, and one of the pivots, which the turbines will sit on, was craned in on Friday. The actual turbines are due to be installed at the end of November, and it is hoped that the plant will be fully operational before Christmas.
