Energy Generated:-
(July 2025 update)
Talybont Turbine:-
Total to date: 2,225,276 MWh
Total 2025 (until emd of July): 113,492 kWhCommunity Hall Solar PV (updated Sept 2023)
Total to date: 81.7 MWh
Av per year: 8,000 kWhDomestic Solar PV (Needs updating)
Av per year: 12,770 kWhOther Talybont hydro schemes (Needs updating)
Av per year: 44,000 kWhTOTAL (Needs updating) Talybont per year : 254,770 kWh
Energy Consumed (to be updated)
1,500,000 kWh per year (estimate) Needs updating Proportion generated : 17% Needs updating-
Latest News
- Inviting paid student projects for Summer 2026 January 24, 2026
- Talybont Community Home Heating Survey Results January 24, 2026
- What are your home heating issues and needs? October 15, 2025
- Update on Clothes swapping and repair project October 15, 2025
- Our Rewear Event – August 31st September 2, 2025
Author Archives: Alison Kidd
Invite : Student Energy Project Summer 2024
We are looking to select a project which researches or develops an idea which could either reduce our community’s energy or generate new energy from a sustainable source. Projects could be in any of the following areas: domestic heating, food, … Continue reading
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Talybont Energy Trial – Subsidising Home Heating Consultations
Would you like to explore how to improve the energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and costs of heating your home? Talybont Energy is about to trial individualised remote consultations with ‘The Heating Hub’ for 5 selected homes in our community. You … Continue reading
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Slowly developing future plans – an update
As promised, we are going to try to keep the community updated as our plans slowly evolve. We are still having the odd technical setback with the turbine operation, the latest being the runner having to be removed for repair. … Continue reading
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Now we’re generating again
Now we’ve ironed out some small teething problems with restarting our hydro after its 7 year hiatus, it’s wonderful to witness energy being generated again. A few weeks ago, our rate automatically dropped from 34kW to our early summer rate … Continue reading
Water Source Heat Pump – Student Summer project
We are delighted to announce that we have awarded Talybont resident, Billy Merrill-Glover, funding for a student project he proposed for this summer researching the feasibility of using our Mon & Brec canal as the water source for a heat … Continue reading
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