Tag: Solar

9
Feb

WESTMILL SOLAR CLOSES IT’S THIRD ROUND OF ITS COMMUNITY GRANTS SCHEME

Westmill Solar allocates just over £49,000 through the community benefit fund.  2022 was the third year of the Westmill Solar the community grant scheme, and it’s the biggest funding scheme we’ve allocated so far. This year we have granted 13 different community organisations a share of just over £49,000.   The quality of applications is very high year on year which

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1
Dec

Westmill Solar awards £37,000 from its 2021 community grants scheme!

Westmill Solar awards £37,000 from its 2021 community grants scheme! Westmill Solar Co-operative is pleased to announce that, in our community grant scheme’s second year, we have approved the funding of approximately £37,000 of community grants to 10 organisations! Once again, we were delighted with the responses we received and the projects that our panel of members chose were those

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10
Nov

Westmill Solar and Westmill Wind Farm secure Fair Tax Mark

WESTMILL SOLAR AND WESTMILL WIND FARM BECOME FIRST COMMUNITY ENERGY CO-OPERATIVES TO SECURE FAIR TAX MARK Oxfordshire-based Westmill Solar and Westmill Wind Farm and have today (10th November) secured their first Fair Tax Mark certifications, and join the growing movement of responsible businesses who are proud to ‘say what they pay with pride’. The two renewable energy co-operatives are co-located

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11
May

Westmill: Week of Action 2017

Political change was a vital part of bringing Westmill, the UK’s first solar cooperative, to life. Of course, inspirational leadership was the first step—Adam Twine knew his land could be used for the benefit of the community and the climate. And the enthusiasm and vision of local people was essential. But we couldn’t have succeeded as a cooperative without Government

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