Local people and places across the UK have now benefited from ScottishPower Renewables community funding to the tune of more than £50m thanks to the power of wind.
The funding – provided through dedicated Community Benefit Funds at 36 onshore wind farms from Wick to the West Country – provides money to local communities, which decide how to allocate the funds.
To date, the £50 million has helped create community facilities and bring disused buildings back to life, as well as boost rural transport services and enable people to get around for work and leisure, support environmental improvements and provide employment opportunities, deliver education programmes and skills development to enhance career opportunities, fund net zero initiatives and help grow heritage and tourism.
Barry Carruthers, Onshore Managing Director at ScottishPower Renewables, said: “At ScottishPower, making a difference for people and communities is at the heart of everything we do. I’m really proud that we don’t only power our communities – we empower them too – and it’s amazing to see the variety of projects our funding is supporting.
“It is, in many cases, able to bring about real change and shows the incredible added value our funding can bring to local projects. They are genuinely creating a legacy on many levels and that’s testament to our way of working, which is all about being a good neighbour and helping us all enjoy a better future, quicker.”