Who is Gower Electric?

If you don’t know much about Gower Electric Co, here is a short video that gives a great background as to who we are as well as our involvement with The Gower Heritage Centre. If don’t speak Welsh then don’t worry you'll find the translation bellow.

"Gower electric company is a community enterprise that operates a solar battery storage scheme through the Gower Heritage Centre Trust at an adjacent location at Killan Fach Eco Farm near Dunvant, Gower. The storage system consists of 4 large TESLA batteries that has a capacity of storing up to 250,000 KILOWATTS. This power is produced from an adjacent array solar of solar panels that were set up at the farm in 2017. The facility has the capability of producing one MEGAWATT (1MWH) of power that would feed into the National Grid. The battery scheme was set up with support from the Welsh Government with the aim to establish a mechanism that will allow locally produced power in Gower. This would provide electricity for the residents and business of the community.

Currently, GEC forms a partnership with Ecotricity to provide power for 150 local residents. The solar park at the farm was originally set up by Y FELIN DWR. This is a charitable trust that operates the scheme at the farm and at the Gower Heritage Centre. The promotion of renewable energy is at the heart of the Trust’s work.

The Heritage Centre is the home to a 12th Century Water Mill, powered by the natural resource of the local river. The mill continues to grind grain producing various types of flour. The Centre is a popular visitor attraction set in the village of Parkmill, in close proximity to the iconic landscape of Three Cliffs Bay. Combined with it’s high-tech TESLA battery scheme and 900 year old water mill, built by Norman settlers in 1170, the Felin Dwr Trust can uniquely claim to have the oldest and latest forms of renewable energy schemes in Gower. In the future, the Trust would like to be able to supply electricity direct to local customers via the National Grid."