{"id":47287,"date":"2026-07-07T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47287"},"modified":"2026-07-07T10:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:42:01","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-scotlands-oldest-working-woolmill-partners-with-octopus-energy-to-bring-its-19th-century-waterwheel-back-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47287","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Scotland\u2019s oldest working woolmill partners with Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Open_space_around_the_buildings_of_Knockando_Woollen_Mill_(geograph_5543176).jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-0c9b1bf28e06a624f305d3ef4441998e wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Open_space_around_the_buildings_of_Knockando_Woollen_Mill_(geograph_5543176).jpg\">Knockando Woolmill, Julian Paren\u00a0via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knockando Woolmill, Scotland\u2019s oldest working woolmill, has partnered Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life, as the mill will use Octopus\u2019 Shape Shifter Agile platform to help manage energy use and buy back power generated from the mill\u2019s soon-to-be-restored hydro generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Business Desk writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The partnership follows the Speyside woolmill securing more than \u00a377,000 in funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the Berry Burn Community Fund and others, to reinstate its Victorian overshot waterwheel, to turn a piece of industrial heritage into a working source of renewable energy\u2026 to generate up to 67kWh of renewable power per day\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lady Irwin, chair of Knockando Woolmill Trust, said: \u2018This project represents the perfect meeting point between heritage and innovation\u2026 restoring it allows us not only to reconnect with our industrial past, but to safeguard the Mill\u2019s future through renewable energy generation.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Installed in the 1860s and powered by the nearby Knockando Burn, the waterwheel originally drove production at the Mill until the arrival of electricity in 1949\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/scotland\/news\/4458-historic-woolmill-partners-octopus-to-restore-waterwheel\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Knockando Woolmill, Julian Paren\u00a0via Wikimedia Commons Knockando Woolmill, Scotland\u2019s oldest working woolmill, has partnered Octopus Energy to bring its 19th-century waterwheel back to life, as the mill will use Octopus\u2019 Shape Shifter Agile platform to help manage &hellip; 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