Who: Community

Where: Oxfordshire

What: 5 Siemens wind turbines

Total size: 3,900 kW

Makes: 8,329 MWh per year

Customer equivalent: around 2,000 homes per year

Avg. equivalent saving: 1,561 tonnes CO2 annually

THE WESTMILL STORY

In August 2007 construction on the Westmill wind farm in Oxfordshire began. Westmill is the first 100% community owned wind farm in the South of England and the five turbines have been generating electricity since spring 2008. Funding of the £7.6m project came from a public share issue and a loan from the Cooperative bank, allowing local ownership of the site and maximising the social, environmental and economic benefits to the area.

The Cooperative bank was confident the project was a sound investment because Westmill had secured a purchase agreement for their electricity - Good Energy is buying the power from three of the Westmill turbines for the next five years. This will provide enough electricity to supply over 2,000 Good Energy customers annually.

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