co operative type co operative industry energy founded 1996 headquarters barrow in furness england key people david eastlick chairman products wind energy projects website baywind.coop baywind energy co operative was the first co operative to own wind turbines in the united kingdom . baywind was modelled on the similar wind turbine cooperatives and other renewable energy co operatives that are common in scandinavia and was founded as an industrial and provident society in 1996 . it now has 1 200 members each with one vote . a proportion of the profits is invested in local community environmental initiatives through the baywind energy community trust . the organisation won the 2004 national social enterprise award for its innovative approach to community owned renewable energy . 1 baywind owned a 2.5 megawatt five turbine wind farm at harlock hill near ulverston cumbria operational since 29 january 1997 and one of the 600 kilowatt turbines at the haverigg ii wind farm near millom cumbria . the harlock hill site has now been re powered with two 2.3 mwh enercon turbines operational from may 2016 . the site is now owned by high winds a bencom created under the new legal rules . since baywind s establishment further wind energy co operatives have been established many with the help of the organisation formed by baywind for this purpose energy4all . see also edit cumbria portal wind power in the united kingdom energy policy of the united kingdom energy use and conservation in the united kingdom westmill wind farm co operative community wind energy references edit social enterprise coalition external links edit baywind energy co operative website social enterprise coalition case study baywind energy co operative v t e electricity generation in north west england power stations biomass active fiddlers ferry co fires coal active fiddlers ferry closed agecroft back o th bank barton blackburn bloom street bold bolton carlisle carrington chadderton chamber hall dickinson street fleetwood greenhill hartshead huncoat ince a kearsley lancaster lister drive merseyside padiham radcliffe ribble roosecote salford slacks valley southport spa road stockport stuart street trafford warrington westwood whitebirk gas active bridgewater fellside rocksavage weston point winnington proposed future carrington incinerators waste active bolton red moss landfill proposed future ince weston point nuclear active heysham closed calder hall oil closed ince a b wind active askam and ireleth barrow offshore burbo bank coal clough ormonde scout moor walney winscales moor proposed future west duddon organisations bnfl the lancashire electric power company manweb norweb pre nationalisation electric power companies this article about a wind farm is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a cumbria building or structure is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an organisation in england is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a british power station is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title baywind energy co operative & oldid 720237009 categories wind power companies of englandcommunity electricity generation in the united kingdomco operatives in englandenergy cooperativescompanies based in cumbriaenergy companies established in 1996renewable resource companies established in 19961996 establishments in englandbuildings and structures in cumbriawind farms in englandwind farm stubscumbria building and structure stubsenglish organisation stubsbritish power station stubshidden categories all 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 polski edit links this page was last modified on 14 may 2016 at 15 56 . 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