Article Highland Council begins detailed design work on a hydroelectric turbine project on the River Ness which will provide science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) learning opportunities for young people of the Highlands By Ian Duncan | Updated: 18:22, 21 January 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Artist's impression by Claire Maclean of the River Ness hydroelectric scheme. Highland Council has begun detailed design works on a major £2.5m energy project, part-funded by the Scottish Government through Salix Finance. At a site on the River Ness, near Whin Park in Inverness, the council is preparing to instal a 92kW Archimedes Screw hydroelectric power turbine.