westmill wind farm co operative type co operative industry energy founded 2004 headquarters watchfield england key people mark luntley chairman products wind generated electricity website westmill.coop westmill wind farm . westmill wind farm co operative ltd is a community owned industrial and provident society that owns 100 % of the westmill wind farm which is an onshore wind farm near the village of watchfield in the vale of white horse england . it has five 1.3 mw wind turbines erected in a line along the disused runway of the former raf watchfield . the wind farm has a power output of up to 6.5 mw projected to produce as much electricity in a year as used by more than 2 500 homes . the turbines were erected in 8 days and the first fully month of generation was march 2008 . it has an open day usually in june each year . the wind energy cooperative was established in 2004 and has more than 2 000 members . the wind farm is intended to help to reduce dependence on fossil fuels whose emissions are considered to contribute to climate change . in 2007 westmill wind farm co operative received a schumacher award . 1 2 westmill wind farm was originally developed by adam twine who was in the later stages assisted by energy4all a company founded to enable community owned renewable energy projects by baywind energy co operative . westmill sustainable energy trust weset 3 is a charity formed in 2010 that receives 0.5 % of the wind farm s revenue each year . its objective is to encourage and promote the deployment of sustainable energy in particular but not exclusively within a 25 mile radius from westmill wind farm . its website has educational material and details of how to visit westmill wind farm . the community owned westmill solar park is located on an adjoining site . westmill woodland burial ground a natural burial site is also close to the wind farm . references edit adam twine westmill wind farm co operative westmill wind farm weset www.weset.org external links edit in breezy britain wind farm cooperatives take off video of westmill wind turbines in action v t e electricity generation in south east england power stations biomass active slough closed didcot a co fired kingsnorth co fired coal closed brighton a b cowes didcot a co fired earley eastbourne broomgrove kingsnorth co fired littlebrook a b c northfleet osney richborough slough gas active cowes damhead creek didcot b grain humbly grove hythe marchwood medway sevington shoreham storrington closed hastings slough incinerators waste active allington quarry chineham isle of wight marchwood newhaven portsmouth slough nuclear active dungeness b closed dungeness a refused cancelled dungeness c oil closed kingsnorth co fired fawley grain littlebrook a b c d marchwood northfleet richborough solar active brighton energy co operative westmill solar co operative wind active green park gunfleet sands kentish flats london array romney marsh thanet westmill wind co operative proposed future navitus bay rampion organisations brighton electric light company centrica expro international group hammond electric light company uk power networks pre nationalisation electric power companies seeboard southern electric coordinates 51 37 15 n 1 39 10 w 51.6209 n 1.6528 w 51.6209 ; 1.6528 this article about an organisation in england is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title westmill wind farm co operative & oldid 660659164 categories buildings and structures in oxfordshirewind farms in englandenergy cooperativescommunity electricity generation in the united kingdomco operatives in englandwind power companies of the united kingdom2004 establishments in englandorganizations established in 2004companies based in oxfordshireenglish organisation stubshidden categories coordinates not on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 may 2015 at 21 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view