Work is due start in September with the aim of being fully operational by June 2023
The project will involve reinstating a waterwheel and installing a 20kW hydro-turbine to power the buildings, according to theThe scheme will also see water heat pumps installed and an old turbine in nearby Cromford village restored.Simon Gill, the society's operations director, said: "It's probably the most significant thing that's going to happen here to return water power to the original mill that created the first factory system at the start of the Industrial Revolution.
Mr Gill added that when the project is completed it would be exhibited as an example of a green initiative to educate people about renewable energy sources. Cromford Mill, the world's first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill, was built in 1771 by Sir Richard Arkwright
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