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Media Release
Windfarm Childrens Workshops 14-18th June and Grand Open Day
Saturday 19th - 11-4 with music and naming ceremony and prize giving with the illustrator of Winnie the Witch Korky Paul at 2.00pm. Korky Paul who will be presenting the prizes including signed copies of his books kindly donated by Oxford University Press. to read more click here
Community wind farm promises local turbines for local people
businessgree.com, Thursday 12th February 2009
Tom Young
East Midlands project pioneers new form of financing that could deliver significant financial returns for local investors... to read more click here
Wind farm goes live
Oxford Mail, Thursday 5th June 2008
Oxfordshire's first wind farm, between Faringdon and Shrivenham, has officially opened. Five 1.3MW wind turbines at the Westmill Wind Farm will create enough electricity to power about 2,500 homes for the next 25 years... to read more click here
Construction of wind farm begins
BBC News, Sunday 19th August 2007
Work on a locally-funded 4.4m wind farm in Oxfordshire is finally getting under way after 15 years of delays... to read more click here
A Serious Blow
The Guardian, Wednesday 25th April 2006
Terry Slavin
It may be a pristine spring day, but when Adam Twine looks out across his field of dreams in Oxfordshire, he sees dark clouds massing on the horizon... to read more click here
People who make a difference
The Guardian, Tuesday August 22nd 2006
I did a lot of campaigning about nuclear energy in the late 70s and early 80s, so I was really interested in the energy problem from very early on... to read more click here
There she blows
Green Futures Magazine, Issue 58
Community project strikes gold with share offer... to read more click here
Retire at 65? That'll be 6,000
Observer, Sunday November 20 2005
Lisa Bachelor
...... sustainable energy can buy shares in the UK's largest community-owned wind farm. Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative is financing the construction of its wind farm ... to read more click here
Put your money where your ethical mouth is
Observer, Sunday November 20 2005
Heather Connon
If you want to buy shares in Baywind Energy Co-operative you have to wait for someone to die. Its investment performance means death is the main reason its 1,300-odd shareholders sell. Mortality rates would have to jump dramatically to satisfy demand: the company, which operates six wind turbines in Cumbria, has around 3,000 people on its books interested in investing in the ... to read more click here
Farmer offers share in green energy cooperative
Swindon News, Link Magazine
An Oxfordshire farmer is enabling people to invest in a greener future by buying a share in the first community-owned wind farm in the South of England, which is due to be built on his land next spring. Environmental campaigner Adam Twine... to read more click here
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