Wind Farm Grants for Local Groups in Dunblane 2009

Each year through the Braes of Doune Community Benefit, Scottish and Southern Energy provide a grant of around £12,000 to the community of Dunblane. This is the third year that funding has been made available since the Braes of Doune wind farm came into being in 2007.

In the first year the funding was used to carry out long overdue repairs and improvements to the Braeport Centre. Last year the Dunblane Community Council and Dunblane Development Trust joined together with other community representatives to form the Dunblane Windfarm Fund Committee in order to receive applications for funding from local groups active in the community and to make recommendations on how best to distribute the funds

Craig French, this year’s Chair of the Windfarm Fund Committee, said ‘the quality of the applications was once again very high and the Committee had some very difficult decisions to make. We are very pleased to be able to have supported 11 local groups which between them cover all age groups from young children to pensioners and touch on issues as diverse as health, the stage, the environment, the arts and sports’.

This year the following awards have been made to:-

The 11 successful groups were given their cheques by DDT Treasurer, Janice Stewart, and Community Council Chair, Terence O’Byrne, at a special awards ceremony on 23 March 2010 in the Braeport Centre.

Background information on the Braes of Doune wind farm
Early construction activity commenced in July 2005 on the 72MW wind farm at Braes of Doune and was completed in July 2007. The 36 V80 turbines were manufactured by Vestas in Campbeltown. The site was officially opened by Michael Russell MSP, Minister for the Environment on Tuesday 13 November 2007 . Braes of Doune wind farm also marked the achievement of 1GW of renewable energy for the UK . Alistair Darling MP, visited the site on the 9 February 2007 to mark the occasion. The wind farm is a joint venture between Airtricity, the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy, and Centrica, each company having a 50% ownership. The partnership arrangement was finalised in August 2007. The power purchaser for the site is Centrica’s British Gas and Scottish Gas businesses.
Braes of Doune wind farm

*Based on household consumption of 3,300kWh a year.

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