Supporting Cromford Mills Hydro Power Project with sustainable heating

Cromford Mills is an 18th century mill that sits within the UNESCO Derwent Valley World Heritage Site and now harneses water power for their two flexoTHERM heat pumps

Friday 4th October 2024

The Arkwright Society have been guiding the restoration and preservation work at the Cromford Mills site in Matlock, Derbyshire and as part of that have been working on their Hydro Power Project to bring water power back from its heritage and into fruition.

Showing perfectly how heat pump technology can be used in older buildings, Vaillant have donated two flexoTHERM heat pumps to the project. The two heat pumps will harness the power generated from the water wheel in the centre of the mill and deliver energy efficient heating to the site.

For the full list of donors involved in the Hydro Power Project, please visit https://www.cromfordmills.org.uk/hydro-power-project/

“Given our ties to the local community here in Derbyshire and the long-standing relationship we had with Cromford Mills, our initial discussions with Simon started at the very early, ideas stage of the project. We discussed the aims and feasibility of bringing waterpower back to Cromford over several weeks. It was established that our heat pump technology would be a fantastic, low carbon way to capture the energy generated by the new water wheel and turbine and wanted to donate two of Vaillant’s flexoTHERM water source heat pumps to the project to support the charity and local heritage site.”

Richard Burley, Systems and Future Portfolio Engineer at Vaillant