The project includes a hydroelectric scheme to provide electricity.

An old dam associated with iron works has recently been converted to a small scale hydroelectric scheme.

It gave consumers the option of a 100% renewable electricity supply sourced from wind, solar and small hydroelectric schemes.

Hydroelectric schemes, some of which were built decades ago, accounted for the biggest single slice at about 1.3 per cent.

Reservoirs created by hydroelectric schemes often provide facilities for water sports, and become tourist attractions themselves.