# £11 million wind farm community fund announced for Wales

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/06/26/11m-wind-farm-community-fund-announced-wales/
- Published: 2018-06-26T08:00:44+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Innogy Renewables UK has announced an £11m fund to support communities in the 
vicinity of its new Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm in Wales.**

With all 28 turbines at Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm now operational, innogy has
launched the [Brechfa Forest Wind Farm Community Fund](http://www.anturteifi.org.uk/brechfa-forest-wind-farm-community-fund/),
worth £459,200 a year and £11 million over the wind farm’s lifetime of up to 25 
years.

The fund is open to voluntary or community organisations, community groups, registered
charities, not for profit and CIC companies, social enterprises, schools, and also
statutory bodies, providing they can demonstrate their project has strong partnership
links with the local community and that they are the best placed organisation to
undertake the project.

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Following a competitive tender, [innogy](https://www.innogy.com/web/cms/en/3708678/innogy-renewables-uk/)
has selected Antur Teifi as the fund administrator and Severn Wye Energy Agency 
to provide community development support and maximise the benefits of the fund.

The first of applications is open until 10 August. Applications will need to demonstrate
how a project significantly benefits communities within the area for the fund, which
is initially 6km from the wind turbines. [More details](http://www.anturteifi.org.uk/brechfa-forest-wind-farm-community-fund/)
are available on the Antur Teifi site.

Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths said:

> “I am delighted Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm is now operational. It is the most
> recent example of our approach to using Welsh Government estate to deliver benefits
> for Welsh people whilst at the same time decarbonising our energy system. I am
> pleased that the community fund will be delivered alongside the leisure improvements
> the development has funded, which are benefiting the local community and future
> generations.”

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