MANY people are starting to use solar or wind power to make their homes sustainable and energy efficient. But one county man believes that water is the way forward. Geoffrey Jordan has set up a hydro-electric scheme at his Trebandy Farm in Marstow, near Ross-on-Wye. Using a water wheel over Garron Brook, a tributary of the River Wye, the scheme can generate more than 30,000kw hours a year – enough to power six or seven homes.
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