Local Benefits
To find out more about our work with communities visit our Community webpages.
RWE npower renewables offers a range of community benefit packages at our operating onshore and offshore wind farms, these usually benefit those communities living closest to the site.
There are a number of existing models, which have been negotiated locally to meet the specific needs of individual areas. The model varies depending on the size, type and geographical make up of local communities. These packages have been used to fund a wide variety of activities including community building refurbishments, environmental education programmes, energy efficiency schemes and supporting local groups and organisations.
At Kiln Pit Hill this will take the form of a community fund worth £15,000 per annum, index linked in line with inflation, which will become available shortly and for the life of the Wind Farm. RWE npower renewables prides itself on ensuring decisions about how funding is allocated are made by local people for the benefit of their community. We do this by establishing a grants panel made up of local people, to make decisions about the allocation of funding, and in this case that panel will be convened and managed by the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.
Get Involved
The document below outlines the proposed structure and administration of the Community Fund and we are currently consulting with local communities to get their input to ensure the effectiveness of the fund is maximised. We would therefore very much welcome any comments, suggestions or questions on these proposals, so that we can make sure the Kiln Pit Hill Wind Farm Community Fund really meets the needs of the local community for many years to come.
View the Kiln Pit Hill Wind Farm community benefit package document here.
View the potential area of community benefit for the Kiln Pit Hill Community Fund here.
Please forward any feedback by Friday 4th May 2012 to:
Kathryn Harries
UK Community Investment Officer
RWE npower renewables
Baglan Bay Innovation Centre
Central Avenue, Baglan Energy Park
Port Talbot, SA12 7AX
E-Mail: kathryn.harries@rwe.com
We are also looking for volunteers to nominate themselves to join the panel which will make decisions about the allocation of grants from the fund. Fore more details and an application pack please click here or contact Lisa Cappleman at the Community Foundation:
Lisa Cappleman
The Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
Cale Cross
156 Pilgrim Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6SU
T0191 222 0945
E-Mail: lc@communityfoundation.org.uk
Local Economic Benefit
During the development and construction of Kiln Pit Hill contracts with local companies represent significant investment into the local economy. Contracts with local companies include:
M Design, Newcastle, (designing and building the substation)
DA Dodds Building Services, Ebchester, (stone)
Anvil Construction, Consett, (building the substation)
Balfour Beatty, Newcastle, (electrical design and installation)
Steadfast Security, County Durham, (security services)
Easy Hire, Consett, (plant and tool suppliers)
Hubbway Plant, Cramlington, (plant & tool hire).
Matthew Charlton & Sons Ltd, Hexham, (roof for the control building)
Sustain Landscapes Ltd, Consett, (landscaping)
Martin Jewitt Plant Hire, Consett.
