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AUGUST 2015: RES INSTRUMENTAL IN SUCCESS OF THORNEY MUSIC FESTIVAL

RES, the company currently constructing Wryde Croft Wind Farm, has become a headline sponsor of the 20th Annual Thorney Live Music Festival. The event takes place on Sunday 30 August, in the grounds of Bedford Hall, Thorney.

RES has donated £1,500 to support this year’s festival, which will feature acts such as DB5, Sub Zero, Soul Runner, the Paul Heaton fan club and Robbie Williams Banned. Thorney Live is a hugely successful charity music festival that over the years has raised £50,000 for local and national charities, ranging from the local playgroup to Macmillan Cancer Relief.

Alison Jones, Community Relations Manager at RES, said: “RES is committed to being a good neighbour and to supporting the local communities near its renewable energy projects. We are delighted to have the opportunity to support this fantastic local music festival, which not only provides a great day out but also helps to support so many good causes of importance to local people.”

Wryde Croft Wind Farm's thirteen turbines are in the process of being erected and once complete they will be capable of generating enough clean, green electricity each year to meet the average needs of almost 15,500 homes. The wind farm is due to start generating electricity in 2016, triggering community benefits worth in excess of £3.25 million over the project’s operational lifetime.

Alison concludes: “We wish the organisers of Thorney Music Festival every success, and hope that record numbers will attend this special 20th anniversary event and help to raise more money for charity than ever before.”

The festival gates open at 11:30am on Sunday the 30th August, with the first band on at 12:20pm and the entertainment continuing through until dusk. Admission is just £10.00, with free entry for the under 16s.

  1. The homes equivalent has been calculated by taking the predicted annual electricity generation of the site (based on independent studies Wryde Croft Wind Farm has an energy yield of 63.8GWh) and dividing this by the annual average electricity consumption figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change 2013 (4128kWh).
  2. For more information about Thorney Music Festival, visit: www.thorneylive.co.uk