Open Energy

Going Green for a Living Community Land Trust has been formed to take this on and deliver a £1.9million capital investment programme intended to enhance the natural assets and based on these to develop sustainable development opportunities. Three strands are being invested in:

  • Sport and recreation;
  • Events and destination development;
  • Local food economy.

A 2017 feasibility report identified the real potential for renewable energy to be a fourth strand to this project but because it required further work – on innovation specifically – it was not included in the Big Lottery project but does form the basis for this project. In response to the opportunities identified and the barriers defined – and building on Newtown’s history of sustainable energy innovation – GGfaL is proposing a discreet Open Energy project but is offering to make this a central feature of our wider community asset transfer work so that benefits are optimised. Phase I to build on foundations;

  • Enable the community to become confident and competent in taking on a series of renewable energy projects;
  • Alongside this draw in a series of innovations required to unlock viable projects and, through a series or iterative feasibility reports, to bring forward a range potential projects. Phase II to build viable projects through:
  • Undertaking the technical, planning and legal work required and to secure the necessary finance against the leading projects
  • Establishing the community energy cooperative to take this forward through to implementation. Together these form the basis of a much longer term Phase III of self-financing implementation the project.

 

 

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Project details

Funding amount:
EAFRD (WG RC_RDP Wales) contribution
£62610.00
Funding source:
LEADER Local Development Fund
Area:
Powys
Completion:
Theme:
4
Measure:
19.2
Open Energy

Contact:

Name:
Adam Kennerley
Telephone number:
07791 122491
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