COMMUNITY BENEFITS

TRIG and RES seeks to be a power for good in the communities that neighbour our projects by working openly and constructively to deliver tangible local benefits. Local communities to Wryde Croft Wind Farm benefit in a number of ways.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND

The Wryde Croft Community Benefit Fund provides £52,000 per year for investment in local social, environmental and educational projects that will benefit people living and working within 6km of the wind farm.

The Fund began in March 2016 when the wind farm became fully operational. It is managed by the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF), an independent administrator appointed by RES, but decisions about where the money is spent are made by a Fund Panel of local people.

More details about eligibility criteria and how to apply for support from the Fund is available on the CCF's website here.

Local Electricity Discount Scheme (LEDS)

Since the early 2010s, RES has been operating its unique Local Electricity Discount Scheme (LEDS), which was developed in response to feedback from the communities around its wind farm projects. LEDS offers a direct and tangible benefit to residential, business and community properties closest to participating operational renewable energy projects in Great Britain and Northern Ireland through an annual discount on their electricity bills.

RES made the first LEDS payments at Wryde Croft in 2016. Eligible registered properties will continue to receive annual LEDS payments for the operational life of the wind farm.

At Wryde Croft, the discount is offered to properties within 3.1 kilometres of Wryde Croft Wind Farm and built prior to October 2015.

For more information, including contact details for the LEDS team, please visit the dedicated LEDS website at: www.leds.res-group.com.