Stormontfield is in the heart of Perthshire, only five miles north of Perth itself. It's relatively urban, as far as our sites go, and is only a short trip from the village of Colenhaugh.

 

 

The lade that carries the water from the River Tay to the Stormontfield generator was first dug in 1787 to bring water first to the local bleaching mill and then to a subsequent cotton spinning mill built shortly afterwards. Stormontfield saw its first electricity generating turbine in the late nineteenth century. After this station fell into disrepair, a new hydropower station was built in 1946. Our sister company, TLS Hydro, bought this station in 2002 and refurbished it to bring it to full working order.

The hydropower plant

 

Stormontfield is equipped with a single Francis turbine with an installed capacity of 110kW.

 

TLS Hydro was the first company to bring environmental protection to Stormontfield. This included salmon and smolt screens to stop fish entering the turbine and an improved fish pass to ensure fish living in the Tay avoid the scheme altogether.

 

 

The station produces enough electricity each year to power 200 homes.