Project Update

Keith Greener Grid Park awards first community grants

Community projects in Keith have been awarded funding to help them become more energy efficient, thanks to a Community Benefit Fund from Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy. Keith Greener Grid Park, developed and operated by renewable energy company Statkraft, delivers funding of £20,000 each year, for the lifetime of the site. Greener Grid […]

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Reaps Moss Wind Farm Funds 50th Project 

Eight groups are celebrating securing much needed grant support as the Reaps Moss Community Fund announces its 2023 funding awards.   The local Reaps Moss Wind Farm has been providing funding through its Community Fund since 2016 and has just seen the 50th local project supported. The total shared by the 51 groups who have benefited […]

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2023 is the best yet for Ørsted’s Walney Extension Community Fund

Ørsted fund awards almost £700,000 in 2023 Fund has now awarded £4.5million to community and STEM projects in Cumbria and Lancashire A total of 248 projects have now been awarded funding The latest round of funding awards sees Ørsted’s Walney Extension Community Fund reach new heights as the total awarded in a single year hits […]

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Local Wind Farm Community Fund Celebrating Success

The latest funding announcements through the local Crook Hill Community Fund see the Fund celebrating three major milestones. The latest 14 groups to receive funding take the total awarded over £300,000, the total number of projects supported over 100 and sees the largest pot of funding distributed in a single funding year. The record-breaking total […]

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Ørsted’s Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund announces latest round of grant awards

• Ørsted fund has now awarded over £1.8million to community projects around Liverpool Bay • A total of 187 projects have now been awarded funding • Groups continue to take up the ‘Inspired by Green’ challenge Nine organisations are celebrating the new that they have been awarded funding in the latest round of Ørsted’s Burbo […]

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Huge milestone of £250K awarded through Ørsted’s 2023 ‘Skills Fund’

Ørsted is pleased to announce that the decisions on round seven of both the East Coast and Walney Extension Skills Funds have been reached. This year over £250,000 was awarded to eight successful groups who will be delivering Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related training or education courses, a one-off event, or a programme […]

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Nineteen Projects Funded through Wind Farm Operator Ørsted’s East Coast Community Fund

19 organisations are celebrating the good news as they discover they have been awarded grants as part of the latest round of funding from Ørsted’s East Coast Community Fund. The latest awards take the total number of projects supported to 181, with total funds awarded from the Community Fund and Skills Fund now standing at […]

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Ørsted’s Walney Extension Community Fund Hits £4 million Milestone

Ørsted fund has now awarded £4.1 million to community projects in Cumbria and Lancashire A total of 230 projects have now been awarded funding New judging criteria to encourage applications that are ‘Inspired by Green’ The latest round of funding awards sees Ørsted’s Walney Extension Community Fund soar through the major milestone of awarding over […]

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